Apple: Person-to-person experiences do not have to use in-app purchase

Re:Apple: Person-to-person experiences do not have to use in... by smnrchrds on Friday September 11, 2020 @04:27PM (#24446993)

I disagree. They have always been this arrogant. You are just noticing it right now. Do you remember when they essentially said don't run to the press if we don't allow your app, it won't help you, which I personally interpreted as or else? Or how almost every time someone criticizes Apple they sandwich a one-sentence criticism between 50 sentences of praise because they know the cost of not doing that could be their entire business? Since the launch of iPhone, Apple has been the 800lb gorilla in the room and has acted like it.

EDIT: From App Store Review Guidelines on September 2014:

> "If your App is rejected, we have a Review Board that you can appeal to. If you run to the press and trash us, it never helps."

https://web.archive.org/web/20140903022336/https://developer...

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Re:Apple: Person-to-person experiences do not have to use in... by jjeaff on Friday September 11, 2020 @04:54PM (#24447236)

Which is such a lie, because going to the press is exactly what gets a lot of apps re-evaluated and accepted.

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Re:Apple: Person-to-person experiences do not have to use in... by dclowd9901 on Friday September 11, 2020 @06:57PM (#24448198)

Eh, it _can_ be a lie. This is some form of the quandary “if you owe the bank a million dollars, you’re in trouble; if you owe the bank a billion dollars, the bank is in trouble.”

99% of app devs will not benefit from “running to the press.” Those that will will know it for certain.

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Re:Apple: Person-to-person experiences do not have to use in... by jjeaff on Sunday September 13, 2020 @10:39PM (#24466214)

I've seen apps get their decisions reversed simply due to a post becoming popular on HN or Reddit. You don't have to be a major player for public shaming to work against apple.

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