{"id":47086,"date":"2025-03-14T14:05:55","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T18:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=47086"},"modified":"2025-03-19T14:50:22","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T18:50:22","slug":"app-review-never-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/14\/app-review-never-change\/","title":{"rendered":"App Review, Never Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@bjtitus\/113742628372148563\">Brandon Titus<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@bjtitus\/113742628372148563\"><p>Instead of rejecting apps over tiny wording disputes, mentions of android, and business model disagreements could Apple PLEASE enforce 4.5.4:<\/p><p>&ldquo;Push Notifications should not be used for promotions or direct marketing purposes unless customers have explicitly opted in to receive them&rdquo;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@olemoritz\/114124022803074952\">Ole Zorn<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@olemoritz\/114124022803074952\"><p>Apple has just rejected my beta of Pythonista Lab because they have &ldquo;recently identified that the app is subject to US sanctions regulations&rdquo;. No real further explanation. &#x1F92C;<\/p><p>[&#8230;]<\/p><p>I suspect that it was this Iranian URL in the source code of the <code>faker<\/code> module that triggered it, and I&rsquo;ve re-submitted without it, still waiting though&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@eternalstorms\/114148177841166405\">Matthias Gansrigler<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@eternalstorms\/114148177841166405\">\n<p>Hey Apple AppReview, over 5 days of &ldquo;In Review&rdquo; for an app that has a single button that does a single thing is a bit much, wouldn&rsquo;t you agree? Approve, or approve not. Kthxbye.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2023\/04\/25\/pythonista-3-4-update-rejected\/\">Pythonista 3.4 Update Rejected<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/13\/monkeys-push-notifications\/\">Monkey&rsquo;s Push Notifications<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/05\/new-app-store-guidelines-for-push-notifications-and-more\/\">New App Store Guidelines for Push Notifications and More<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/19\/more-push-notification-spam-from-apple\/\">More Push Notification Spam From Apple<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/27\/still-yanking-pythonista-around\/\">Still Yanking Pythonista Around<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/12\/pythonista-in-app-store-peril\/\">Pythonista in App Store Peril<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p id=\"app-review-never-change-update-2025-03-19\">Update (2025-03-19): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.manton.org\/2025\/03\/18\/i-know-im-a-broken.html\">Manton Reece<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.manton.org\/2025\/03\/18\/i-know-im-a-broken.html\">\n<ul><li>Wait for Apple to approve TestFlight beta.<\/li>\n<li>Wait even longer if the build is stuck &ldquo;processing&rdquo; for unknown reasons.<\/li>\n<li>Wait for Apple to approve final version.<\/li>\n<li>Release to customers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Just a stark difference. &#x2639;&#xFE0F;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/EmulationOniOS\/comments\/1jeax6p\/mame4ios_resubmitted_to_appstore_with_roms\/\">EmulationOniOS<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/EmulationOniOS\/comments\/1jeax6p\/mame4ios_resubmitted_to_appstore_with_roms\/\"><p>Yoshi and team are creating their own ROMs for review to work around Apple&rsquo;s insane demands that they limit the emulator to ROMs they own the license to.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@craiggrannell\/114185125342314505\">Craig Grannell<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@craiggrannell\/114185125342314505\">\n<p>There&rsquo;s no way this is going to get past app review, surely?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brandon Titus: Instead of rejecting apps over tiny wording disputes, mentions of android, and business model disagreements could Apple PLEASE enforce 4.5.4:&ldquo;Push Notifications should not be used for promotions or direct marketing purposes unless customers have explicitly opted in to receive them&rdquo; 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