{"id":18853,"date":"2017-09-11T15:43:11","date_gmt":"2017-09-11T19:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=18853"},"modified":"2018-07-17T13:51:06","modified_gmt":"2018-07-17T17:51:06","slug":"animoji-rejected-from-the-app-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/11\/animoji-rejected-from-the-app-store\/","title":{"rendered":"Animoji Rejected From the App Store"},"content":{"rendered":"

Benjamin Mayo<\/a>:<\/p>\n

We are continuing to dig through the leaked iOS 11 GM firmware<\/a>. We’ve found a brand new feature for the iPhone 8 called ‘Animoji’, which uses the 3D face sensors to create custom 3D animated emoji based on the expressions you make into the camera.<\/p>\n

Users will be able to make Animoji of unicorns, robots, pigs, pile of poo and many more.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Ryan Jones<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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For the last year<\/em> I’ve been battling App Store rejections - we made an app called Animoji with animated emojis...now I know why.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Apple (incorrectly) repeatedly rejected it for IP violation. The emojis look nothing like Apple’s and the name wasn’t taken.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

We drew them all, not a copied pixel. At the start they looked similar...because 1,000+ apps did<\/a>! So we changed to flat style...Nope 🤷<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

I even suspected it and changed the name to “Animatimoji”...Nope.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Ultimately I think rejections were because we actually made a good app! Clear UI, pro animations, great name... Too close to home. 😔<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Apple Legal said “Apple owns all derivatives to our Emoji set”.<\/p>\n

How that applies to only us and not 100,000 other Emoji apps...🤷<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Colin Plamondon<\/a>:<\/p>\n

That Apple is still doing that 8 years after the App Store launched is insane. 6 month review cycle “soft vetoes” since the beginning.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

I wish I could say this behavior from Apple is in any way surprising.<\/p>\n\n

Update (2017-09-13): Ryan Jones<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Animoji © Sept 2016<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Update (2017-11-09): Ling Wang<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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iOS apps cannot use Apple emoji because it violates Apple’s Trademarks and Copyrights. Are you fucking kidding me!🤦<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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