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Honestly, I don't understand why there are still details missing from this story. Durov is willing to share that Telegram hasn't been able to ship updates, but
by Shank 8y ago
Honestly, I don't understand why there are still details missing from this story. Durov is willing to share that Telegram hasn't been able to ship updates, but not the full reason.
Have they been actively rejected (and thus, provided a rejection reason)? Or have Apple just stopped approving their updates silently?
If it's the former, I don't know what app store guideline says "well, Telegram is banned in Russia, and so no more updates." If it's the latter, then I can understand the frustration -- but we don't know which it is. This nuance is important.
For all we know, the answer is the former, and the app store rejection reasons are for completely unrelated issues. But as per usual, we don't know the full story.
- duskwuff 8y agoI've certainly never heard of Apple rejecting an app update without giving a reason. I'd agree that it feels like there's something that Durov isn't telling us here.
- zapt02 8y agoApple often cites entire paragraphs from their TOS as reason for app rejection without giving specific reasons.
- sigmar 8y agoPerhaps he added more domain fronting? And apple is trying to decide on their position of that technique?
- zzzcpan 8y agoI'm sure you understand that Apple can always find some excuse to disable updates for "unrelated" reasons. It's never going to be an honest reason, they can never give political reasoning publicly. Telegram is right to call them out on it, they should have done it earlier. But I guess they were hoping for Apple to re-enable updates and didn't want to make the gatekeeper look bad.
- taurath 8y agoThe certification process tends to only look for things that are Bad for Apple or Google, as almost anyone who's tried getting a big app update certified. Meanwhile, 1000 iterations of shareware calculators that you have to pay $4 to unlock the number 9 are accepted frequently. There's so many clearly crap apps out there that don't get a second look.
- ReverseCold 8y ago> shareware calculators that you have to pay $4 to unlock the number 9 This is probably made up/for comedic effect, but just in case it isn't, do you have a link?
- taurath 8y agoUsually it’s not like that, but they’ll show ads on a calculator that completely matches the native calculator, until you pony up. Other examples are todo lists that only allow you one group unless you pay them.