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Is this in the usual technical sense of MUST / SHOULD / MAY, or does 'should not' here actually mean 'may not' (as suggested by the category being 'Unacceptable

by JadeNB 6y ago

Is this in the usual technical sense of MUST / SHOULD / MAY, or does 'should not' here actually mean 'may not' (as suggested by the category being 'Unacceptable', rather than 'Discouraged')? (Several other entries are phrased much less ambiguously: "Unacceptable: (i) Creating an interface …", and (ix) is explicitly "Apps must not …" (emphasis mine).)

reaperducer 6y ago
Apple's guidelines are usually written in soft language to give it wiggle room in case an unexpected scenario arises. Practically-speaking, if Apple decides an app has violated this provision, the app is toast. No app company on the planet has enough lawyers to challenge Apple on such nit-pickery.
- ChrisMarshallNY 6y ago
  This has been my experience, as well. I once had to delete an entire bug fix version, and turn it into a feature version, because I "shouldn't" have done something (can't remember what, exactly -I'd have to go digging through the commit comments to find it, and I don't want to do that).
  - darklion 6y ago
    Apple says bug-fixes will no longer be held up by rule violations.
    - saagarjha 6y ago
      Says, but we’re still waiting to see if this will hold out in practice.
jmull 6y ago
I'm just about 100% sure Apple uses "should" and "should not" in the absolute sense, not the way RFC's define it.