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Apple Surveying iPhone Developers’ Happiness With The App Store
- drewcrawford 17y agoI think I laid out a pretty convincing case in my comments in the survey for how the app store brokenness has affected me personally. Summary: I've experienced two GV-scenarios, where a legitimate app was rejected not because of crashes, private APIs, content, but because Apple didn't want it in the store. As a one-man shop, I can't afford to sink time in to projects like that, and as a result, I've stopped developing for myself (I still do some contract work). Apple's communication to me has been totally abysmal. Once they've rejected an app simply refusing to tell me why (I even have a phone #-- I guess somebody told them not to answer my calls). Another time they've given me a factually false reason (describing my app as doing something that it doesn't actually do). I have absolutely zero confidence in app review. If it's easier for Google to rewrite GV in HTML5 than to navigate app review, how is a one-man shop supposed to do it? Clearly Apple is using the app store as a hardball negotiating tactic, not as a real sales channel. And I have no desire to get caught in the crossfire.