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Re:Building all of our new mobile apps using React Native by berns on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @12:55PM (#22183625)
From the app store guidelines:

4.2 Minimum Functionality

Your app should include features, content, and UI that elevate it beyond a repackaged website. If your app is not particularly useful, unique, or “app-like,” it doesn’t belong on the App Store.

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Re:Building all of our new mobile apps using React Native by noir_lord on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @03:26PM (#22185416)
4.3 We'll continue to get away with this until the EU makes us stop.
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Re:Building all of our new mobile apps using React Native by nicoburns on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @03:42PM (#22185571)
Would push notification support not be exactly the kind of feature that would qualify for this rule? In practice there are hundreds of apps like this on the app store.
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Re:Building all of our new mobile apps using React Native by SlowRobotAhead on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @01:12PM (#22183862)
Right! I ran in to this when I wanted our app to “portal” to the website and just move Bluetooth data along. Apple thought about this and doesn’t like it.
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Re:Building all of our new mobile apps using React Native by cma on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @01:09PM (#22183820)
Perhaps the main distinguishing app-like thing is distracting notifications.
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