Re:Electron apps cannot be submitted to the Apple store
by philwelch on Monday November 04, 2019 @12:50AM
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It’s more of a general point that if your application is buggy, the customer isn’t going to give a damn whether the bug is in your code or in somebody else’s code.
Re:Electron apps cannot be submitted to the Apple store
by BoorishBears on Monday November 04, 2019 @06:18AM
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And? That's exactly why internal APIs should be allowed.
The problem isn't the usage of an internal API, the problem is the breaking of an internal API.
Which is already covered by App Store testing and guidelines which already require your app isn't a broken mess.
Apple is within their rights here, but please, let's not pretend this is about user experience.
It's about the Apple machine doing what it wants, and rolling over who it wants, because it can.
That would explain why Apple developer relations (read: humans) had previously backpedalled after the same rejection in the past:
https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/20027
Most likely these rejections were not intentionally resumed, but because the machine that is app stores these days is completely non-deterministic, this could still be a big problem.
This time the wrong developer could reach out to the wrong channel and trip some sort of trap that turns this into a "known issue: won't fix + always send automated reply", instead of someone with the right connections getting to the right person and having them go and flip a switch that fixes everything with their pinky finger.