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Here's Why Apple Rejected Your iOS App
Nerval's Lobster writes Everybody knows that Apple runs a tight ship when it comes to approving iOS apps for its App Store, rejecting software because it features porn, allows gambling, installs types of executable code, etc. But Apple also denies apps for some pretty esoteric reasons, many of which are only just coming to light. Want to have an App that uses GPS to automatically control a real-world aircraft or automobile? Sorry, that's not allowed, presumably because Apple doesn't want iOS to serve as a drone controller. (Imagine the liability issues.) Also, apps that report your location to emergency services are forbidden, as well as any that misspell Apple product names ("iTunz" will never make it through, no matter how much you beg). Even if Apple's not sharing the exact reason why it just rejected your app from its store (what the heck does "Not enough lasting value" mean?), you can check out Apple's own page on the top reasons for iOS app rejections."
Seriously, I'd get it if some other site had just for whatever reason done a big write up on this. But a shameless dice self post! That's just shitty.
This is an ancient topic, and we all figured this stuff out a while ago. It basically comes down to:
- rejected if the app is poorly made
- rejected if the app is offensive or controversial
- rejected if the app is stupid or pointless
- rejected if the app competes in an arena that apple cares about
Yes we can all piss soup about the 4'th one, but I don't think many people are actually blindsided by it. If you write something that apple also does, you are at least in risky territory and probably know it. Not saying this is a good thing, and it's one of the many reasons I refuse to use apple, but it's at least no great mystery.
I'm not a fan of apple's walled garden at all, but it's their walled garden, and for the most part they seem reasonable about it (again, with the possible exception of number 4, which is what it is).
A list of weird cases _might_ have been interesting, however the only one they listed is the one in the summary.
Don't the fine folks at dice have anything better to do? The beta source tree isn't going to purge itself from existance!
Submission is as thin as saran wrap on a toilet seat, and just as desirable.
I clicked on the link (without looking at the source) expecting to find stories of all sorts of apps that were rejected for unexpected reasons. The tease was GPS to automatically control a real-world aircraft or automobile. The trouble was .. that was also the only paragraph in the story that mentioned something like that (well ok it also mentioned emergency services) and all that was buried at the end of the article. The rest of the content was a top list from Apple explaining where people go wrong.
Not news and known to anyone who develops iOS apps, and even if you don't develop iOS apps .. the top reasons are still obvious.
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You cherry-picked your quote. The summary says: Want to have an App that uses GPS to automatically control a real-world aircraft or automobile? The Parrot does not do that. It is a manual control drone.