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If they don't understand how the app works then they have no business reviewing it. Apple is not qualified to run a walled garden.
by liability 6y ago
If they don't understand how the app works then they have no business reviewing it. Apple is not qualified to run a walled garden.
- mrtksn 6y agoApple is a fruit, also a company. Both can’t understand how apps work. The company one happens to employ people who can try to do that but not all people are familiar with all websites. It’s therefore developers responsibility to explain it to help the partnership work. It’s unreasonable to expect that the reviewers be all knowing geniuses that make no mistakes. Simply work with them, it’s how business work. Publishing apps is not simply about writing code. You can write a code, share the code but you are not entitled to have other people distribute your code. What you can have is a business deal with others, in this case Apple, to distribute your code and you will have to work with them to make it happen.
- upbeat_general 6y agoThere’s no requirement to be a genius here. A cursory look at the app would tell you it’s a reader style app similar to reddit, Twitter, etc. You don’t need to know anything about hacker news but the octal description clearly describes the functionality, and any App Store reviewer should definitely understand the concept of reader style apps as they are quite numerous. That’s a pretty low bar.
- mrtksn 6y agoA cursory look at the AppStore would tell you the reader style apps similar to reddit, Twitter, etc. are not banned. In fact, there are already multiple HN readers in the AppStore, including OP's app. Obviously the situation is not caused by Apple's policy but an individual reviewer. Mistakes happen and they are fixable when people are involved.