> they forced Apple to make changes to their app review process. It's worth keeping Hey's response to those changes in mind[0]: > "What they've given out is a

> they forced Apple to make changes to their app review process. It's worth keeping Hey's response to those changes in mind[0]: > "What they've given out is actually so far very little. Apple has said that you can appeal to Apple if you want Apple to investigate Apple. OK, maybe there's something there, but it hinges on what those verdicts are going to be" > "We did not want a fight with Apple whatsoever," Hanssen said. "We just need to get on the iPhone, it's the dominant platform for these kinds of services." I guess I agree; different people have different definitions of "win", and I'm not going to fight with you if that fits your definition. I am going to say that even if this is a win, Hey isn't pushing the envelope or moving Apple in any significant direction. This is not an efficient or reasonable way for us to change how Apple approaches device ownership, and it's not clear to me how a company like Hey can force Apple to make the jump from "we'll be slightly nicer about approving apps" to "consumers will own the devices they buy and have the option to control the code that runs on them." Call this a victory if you want, but we need bigger victories than this. > WordPress is another example of a small company who "won" Sure, they got an apology from Apple while Apple was being sued by a billion dollar company over their app store policies and worried about looking bad for that lawsuit. But it's kind of the same situation as above. I guess you can call it a win, but forgive me for not being too excited about an outcome where Apple says 'sorry that you misunderstood us' to one company. I don't think that's going to have a significant impact on user's ability to own and control their own devices. [0]:https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/23/apple-app-store-policy-changes-very-little-developer-says.html https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/23/apple-app-store-policy-chang...