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TL;DR Apple re-used the term "Continuity Camera", which now applies to both a preexisting feature from iOS 12 and a prerelease feature in iOS 16. The app's description refers to the preexisting feature, but app review metadata-rejected the app anyway. Also, app review initially neglected to mention the specific problem, instead simply hand-waving about the rule against mentioning prerelease features.
What I find interesting is that we seem to perceive the App Store Review process as some kind of black and white thing, while it isn't. Like a pure function that only works with the input variables provided and no side effects. Guess what, there is an actual human on the other side that is reviewing your app (with support of automation tools obviously). That person will make mistakes, will bring his/her own opinion a…
That's fine, but anything coming out from Apple (including the reasonable mistakes) are treated as the word of God, so correcting those mistakes are more difficult than they should be.
Would it have killed Apple to highlight the offending words in the original review?
So the follower of Apple are living in literally a Paranoia TRPG world? "Good morning-cycle citizen. Your publication contains REDACTED which you have to remove because you are not allowed to mention it in your security clearance. Good day-cycle."
What I find interesting is that we seem to perceive the App Store Review process as some kind of black and white thing, while it isn't. Like a pure function that only works with the input variables provided and no side effects. Guess what, there is an actual human on the other side that is reviewing your app (with support of automation tools obviously). That person will make mistakes, will bring his/her own opinion a…
Perhaps they should put another human on the other side that checks the first human.
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Every Apple dev has stories like this.
Update from original tweeter: > Long story short: Two features (one from iOS 12, one from iOS 16), and one name: Continuity Camera. https://twitter.com/eternalstorms/status/1560304401922854920...
https://twitter.com/eternalstorms/status/1560311974034120704
Would it have killed Apple to highlight the offending words in the original review?
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In which case, Apple is funding a bad PR campaign against themselves.
What I find interesting is that we seem to perceive the App Store Review process as some kind of black and white thing, while it isn't. Like a pure function that only works with the input variables provided and no side effects. Guess what, there is an actual human on the other side that is reviewing your app (with support of automation tools obviously). That person will make mistakes, will bring his/her own opinion a…