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Apple Reportedly Cuts Over 700 Apps from Chinese App Store (cnet.com)
Apple has reportedly removed 718 apps from the Chinese App Store in the last few days. From a report: The iPhone maker swept out the apps because their developers pushed updates without its permission, The Telegraph reported, citing local reports. Apple warned developers against updating iOS apps without its permission in early 2017. The banned apps included Sogou's search engine and maps, online retailer Pinduodo and car sharing service Togo Car.
In China yes it seems so. I expect the Government wants to validate that your code changes "Support the public well being"
Just like with Google, Apple if it wants to do business in China it will need to follow its laws.
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.
You need permission to update your OWN software
The funny thing is, you are exactly backwards.
Read the summary again. The problem was that with Apple's system you DON'T need permission to update your own software.
But in China, the developers were supposed to get such permission, did not, and updated anyway...
So the problem apparently is Apple's system is too free for China. :-)
I had no idea they needed to do that in China, no such requirement anywhere else - we just drop an update, Apple reviews it, and a few hours later it can be in the store.
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Huh? I don't get it. ALL app submissions and updates have to be reviewed and approved by Apple.
Wrong. This is about out of App Store updates. See also: Apple begins strictly enforcing rule that prohibits iOS app updates outside of App Store
Stop being dense.
Anons need not reply. Questions end with a question mark.
A lot of this highest incarceration rate in the US is based on a Puritan heritage
The Puritan heritage was strongest in New England, where incarceration rates are the lowest in the country.
and the English Idea of law.
The state with the highest incarceration rate is Louisiana, which was settled by French Catholics, and is the only state that does NOT use English common law. Louisiana's state and local laws are based on the French Napoleonic Code.
Do you know where the use of English law is most pervasive? England. Where the incarceration rate is a 1/5th the American rate.
Huh? I don't get it. ALL app submissions and updates have to be reviewed and approved by Apple.
Imagine your app has a configuration file, which it can download from your company's website, and suddenly the app changes its behaviour. Without any review. That's what Apple is removing.