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Re: Got a rejection for mentioning Apple pre-release software, but I am not

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Post by Apocryphon »

CharlesW wrote: post #70
Apocryphon wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is it truly about users if scammy paid apps rise to the tops of the charts? https://www.macrumors.com/2021/06/07/study-finds-scam-top-pa...

"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…" Those mistakes work both ways. Sometimes apps are approved that shouldn't have received approval.

Yes but it’s incredibly concerning that greater scrutiny isn’t being paid to apps at the top of the charts. What are their priorities if they’re going after cases like the OP?

Re: Got a rejection for mentioning Apple pre-release software, but I am not

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Post by saagarjha »

CharlesW wrote: post #68
saagarjha wrote: post #44

“Fun fact”: mentioning pre-release software is actually very much allowed by the App Store guidelines, and has been for several years. The App Store reviewers themselves have failed to keep up with the developer program license agreement changing and removing the “you can’t talk about beta software” bit. As an app developer it’s hilarious that we have to keep better track of that agreement than they are willing to bu…

> “Fun fact”: mentioning pre-release software is actually very much allowed by the App Store guidelines, and has been for several years. FWIW, I'm reading the App Store guidelines now and can't find anything to support this. I must be missing it. What section are you thinking of?

It’s not the guidelines specifically, beyond the fact that you must follow the developer program agreement, which is the actual thing they’ll ding you for. See this thread for sample rejection verbiage and why it is invalid: https://twitter.com/_saagarjha/status/1438603898999083028

Re: Got a rejection for mentioning Apple pre-release software, but I am not

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Post by ChrisMarshallNY »

neurostimulant wrote: post #33
projektfu wrote: post #8

Would it have killed Apple to highlight the offending words in the original review?

I guess this depends on the reviewer. I had one rejected update where the reviewer listed the offending contents in the rejection message.

I've had a few rejections (not "dozens," as someone above mentioned), and, in my case, I have had to often deal with the vague, "canned" responses, but also, a couple of times, I actually had detailed indications, including screenshots.

I am always unfailingly polite and professional, even though I may want to strangle them.

I dunno. I consider this "the cost of doing business." Not thrilled with it, but it's better than friends of mine have had to deal with, when a couple of thugs walk into their new restaurant, and say "Where ya want the video games set up?"

Re: Got a rejection for mentioning Apple pre-release software, but I am not

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Post by borisgolovnev »

Recently it took me 7 re-submissions to get an app through app review. The reason? I was using a third-party SDK! One reviewer figured that the SDK is contained in the app and this means it counts as content. And any third-party content requires a written and signed agreement with me personally which for an open source code from github I obviously didn't have. I was trying to explain the situation but each consecutive reviewer was just copying and pasting the same rejection. The process is just so broken.

Re: Got a rejection for mentioning Apple pre-release software, but I am not

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Post by cglong »

ffhhj wrote: post #24
smooc wrote: post #16

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…

Someone should make a game like Papers Please, in which you are an app store reviewer.

Something tells me the App Store would reject this game :)

Re: Got a rejection for mentioning Apple pre-release software, but I am not

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Post by vogt »

Why is Apple so hard on small developers with incredible scrutiny on releases and sometimes seemingly arbitrary eval criteria, and Tik Tok can run rampant with a keylogger injected with JavaScript? Genuinely asking in good faith here as this is way out of my domain of expertise. I worked as a UI/UX designer for a company that shipped iOS and Android games exclusively and they (Apple App Store reviewers) were always hard on us for every little thing we published. But it seems like the major social apps have some seriously invasive tech bundled in and I have to imagine if JoeBlowApp LLC wanted to ship an app with the level of data collection that Tik Tok has, they'd get reamed by Apple, no?

Re: Got a rejection for mentioning Apple pre-release software, but I am not

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Post by andrewmcwatters »

Is there a website that lists a collection of all the times people complain about having their face eaten like this by App Store Review?

I’ve thought about this from time to time and thought it might be a fun pastime to create a collection of these.

Re: Got a rejection for mentioning Apple pre-release software, but I am not

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Post by Fuzzwah »

vogt wrote: post #76

Why is Apple so hard on small developers with incredible scrutiny on releases and sometimes seemingly arbitrary eval criteria, and Tik Tok can run rampant with a keylogger injected with JavaScript? Genuinely asking in good faith here as this is way out of my domain of expertise. I worked as a UI/UX designer for a company that shipped iOS and Android games exclusively and they (Apple App Store reviewers) were always h…

As with most things, "because money"

Re: Got a rejection for mentioning Apple pre-release software, but I am not

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Post by vogt »

Fuzzwah wrote: post #78
vogt wrote: post #76

Why is Apple so hard on small developers with incredible scrutiny on releases and sometimes seemingly arbitrary eval criteria, and Tik Tok can run rampant with a keylogger injected with JavaScript? Genuinely asking in good faith here as this is way out of my domain of expertise. I worked as a UI/UX designer for a company that shipped iOS and Android games exclusively and they (Apple App Store reviewers) were always h…

As with most things, "because money"

I had a hunch that may have been the case but I was hoping it wasn't that simple.

Re: Got a rejection for mentioning Apple pre-release software, but I am not

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Post by aaronmcs »

vogt wrote: post #76

Why is Apple so hard on small developers with incredible scrutiny on releases and sometimes seemingly arbitrary eval criteria, and Tik Tok can run rampant with a keylogger injected with JavaScript? Genuinely asking in good faith here as this is way out of my domain of expertise. I worked as a UI/UX designer for a company that shipped iOS and Android games exclusively and they (Apple App Store reviewers) were always h…

Money
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