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The little experience I had with AppStore approval is that it’s mostly a game of persistence. They probably see some benefit from a little friction to prevent s
by tambourine_man 4y ago
The little experience I had with AppStore approval is that it’s mostly a game of persistence. They probably see some benefit from a little friction to prevent spam or perhaps it’s just pure stupid bureaucracy.
I was rejected for asking access to the camera. The App applied filters to images taken. I stated as much in XCode, something along: this app needs access to the camera in order to apply its effects. Rejected for not being clear enough. I reworded, basically adding more cruft: accepted.
I doubt the second version was clearer, in fact, it probably wasn’t. It feels much more like a test to see how much does this account want/need to publish and are willing to cooperate, than actually following rules that make any sense.
- lapcat 4y ago> They probably see some benefit from a little friction to prevent spam or perhaps it’s just pure stupid bureaucracy. More likely the latter, because the crApp Store spammers/scammers seem to have plenty of persistence and somehow manage to make it through review.
- threeseed 4y agoYou also need to have a little understanding. It's never going to be a perfect process when you have people who aren't technical making sometimes subjective decisions. The trick is to plan well. Assume delays and the need for re-reviews and don't tie anything to when you think it might be approved.
- lapcat 4y ago> The trick is to plan well. No, the trick is to run to the press and raise a big fuss, bypassing app review to get to Apple execs who want to quickly shut down bad PR.
- saagarjha 4y ago> Assume delays and the need for re-reviews and don't tie anything to when you think it might be approved. This also, you know, sucks majorly when planning anything. If Apple had to deal with this kind of review when releasing iPhone they’d put a billion dollars into lobbying it away.
- threeseed 4y agoThey do have to deal with this kind of reviews. There are numerous government and cellular company approvals they need in order to launch a phone.
- saagarjha 4y agoI am aware. You can submit prototype devices to those companies. There are clear standards to meet and established ways to escalate or appeal reviews when necessary. You know, like a functional process.
- threeseed 4y agoThere are established way to escalate and appeal reviews with the App Store. And it's hilarious that you think complying with government regulations is a clear and functional process.
- behringer 4y agoAt least you can sue the government. Good luck getting anything but arbitration with apples lawyers when dealing with apple.
- tannedNerd 4y agoAfter being an iOS dev for 10 years now, I would gladly deal with the franchise tax board over apple App Store review. Government regulations are set out to the be followed to the letter of the law. App Store guidelines can be tossed aside because a reviewer didn’t like your tone. I’ve had at least two dozen App Store rejections that were magically approved the second I mentioned going to the press about discrimination.
- 88913527 4y agoOne of the main points of the App Store is for curating quality, and I'm sure there is some positive correlation between quality and persistence, but like any one-size-fits-all policy, it will have failure around the edge cases (persistent spammers and non-persistent but quality software publishers).
- happymellon 4y agoIt sounds like any large organisation. Which is usually inverse if there is a lot of friction with quality developers, because it distracts a lot from what they actually want to deliver.
- rroot 4y agoI wonder if the reviewers have a reject quota?
- Aeolun 4y agoWhich is silly, because the spammers have more time than anyone.