{"id":29346,"date":"2020-06-24T16:45:44","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T20:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=29346"},"modified":"2021-03-18T20:02:58","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T00:02:58","slug":"new-app-store-review-processes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/24\/new-app-store-review-processes\/","title":{"rendered":"New App Store Review Processes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apple<\/a> (also: MacRumors<\/a>):<\/p>\n

Additionally, two changes are coming to the app review process and will be implemented this summer. First, developers will not only be able to appeal decisions about whether an app violates a given guideline of the App Store Review Guidelines, but will also have a mechanism to challenge the guideline itself. Second, for apps that are already on the App Store, bug fixes will no longer be delayed over guideline violations except for those related to legal issues. Developers will instead be able to address the issue in their next submission.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

David Heinemeier Hansson<\/a>:<\/p>\n

This is pretty significant. Apple will no longer ransom your bug fixes, and there’s a new process coming for challenging the guidelines themselves. This is of course still Apple policing Apple, but it’s an opening none the less for all developers ✌️<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Peter N Lewis<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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I somehow doubt I can challenge the requirement to be sandboxed which excludes Keyboard Maestro from the Mac App Store.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Josh Avant<\/a>:<\/p>\n

But…. how will Apple reliably enforce that an update is only ‘bug fixes’? What are ‘bug fixes’?<\/p>

Challenging a guideline itself is interesting but how much does it really matter when Apple is the judge, jury, and executioner?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

John Gruber<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Both of these changes sound great[…] but let’s see how it works in practice. If this is more than just lip service, wow, that’s huge.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n