Calling out apps that break the App Store Review Guidelines and use dark patterns. Receipts + guideline numbers. Tips → DMs open. Not affiliated with Apple.
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@AppleSupport @AppStore what is this?? how is this allowed? Songless is #1 in Trivia and if you cancel the free trial it locks you out within minutes, even though your own page says access lasts until Oct 1. then it's $19.99/week. it's built to trap people
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How about there is a free market for stores, and they compete for consumers and developers on all facets of services and quality?
This is how every other industry in the world works, except on iOS where there's a store monopoly developers must bow down to for mercy.
When I ran App Review, we talked about charging developers for reviews.
We discussed a few versions: a cap on reviews per app, a VIP fast pass to the front of the queue, and paid expedite. None of it shipped. It would have looked like a money grab, and nobody wanted Apple’s name on that headline.
That was years ago. Since then, three things have changed.
New apps are up 84%. Commission rates are falling in the US, the EU, and China. And Apple has a new CEO who needs to make his mark.
This year Apple has already started terminating developers for submitting too often, and making new developers prove themselves before anyone looks at their app. I think the next step is a price list for review, and I think I know what’s on it.
Steve’s rule was that a human sees every app. I gave the first ground on that rule myself, and I wrote about how in the piece.
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Can we have a 50x or 100x plan because i'm tired of switching daily especially when i have to logout and in into the chrome extension
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No wonder why she never shared the app
xitter.gq/ShadyAppsExpose/status…
Google does this as well, and a lot more often than Apple. Apple only recently started terminating accounts.
The worst part is that they don't tell you why and intentionally keep the message vague to make it harder to challenge their decision.
Unless you're a very large company or someone with a large following, there's almost nothing you can do.
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@AppStore this is too extreme!
xitter.gq/RobSwish/status/211538…
Out of all of the reasons Apple rejects apps, this is the worst. My app allows people to manage their Android apps. It makes no sense to blanket block apps just for mentioning Android or Google Play.
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Yesterday my gemini api key was stolen so I knew some platform got hacked. I kept checking the news and saw nothing, so I assumed it got leaked through my Claude chats. I'm super disappointed it took them this long to make the announcement
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Urgent! 🚨🚨🚨
If you are using railway rotate your keys!!!
xitter.gq/Railway/status/2113025…
An urgent notice from the Railway team
blog.railway.com/p/security-…
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Glam AI just got pulled from the US App Store. Look at the dark patterns on its paywall:
1. Yearly plan sold as "$1.15 per week". The $59.99 you're actually billed is the smaller number (3.1.2).
2. "Limited Offer" countdown, no discount anywhere. It's only there to rush you into paying (5.6).
Apple hasn't said why it was removed, but it rejects both of these. Copy this paywall and yours could be next.
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Glam AI is no longer available on the US App Store!!
launched in Feb 2021.
est. $550K revenue in Sep 2026.
I went back through its recorded onboarding:
- AI photo and video previews.
- gender and creative-goal questions
- a “Preparing…” checklist
- paywall with a 10-min countdown
I don’t know what happened here, no confirmed reason, but it’s a reminder that years on the store don’t guarantee the next one.
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No price information showing on paywall. Is Apple finally starting to detect these scammers? We’ll see.
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How is this allowed @johnternus
We spent $400,000 on the iPhone Duo drop for October/November delivery...
You didn't even need a bot to secure units. I was able to place 12 orders for October 23rd-Nov 9th delivery manually.
Meanwhile, we also had auto checkout running for members who weren't awake for the drop.
Hundreds of dollars in potential profit PER UNIT without even getting out of bed.
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If your app is used by a million person, $99 is nothing. Free apps are an act of charity.
I would be interested in knowing if you currently have 100% free apps installed on your phone right now.
Building for passion is almost dead when claude is the one building everything for you.
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If an app is genuinely useful, its developer should be able to find a way to cover the $99 annual fee, even if it's through donations.
Also, you almost never see any truly free apps in the App Store when you search for something because all the apps with IAPs get pushed to the top. Apple needs to separate apps that offer actual free functionality from those that hide everything behind a hard paywall.
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They dont, he is toggling it back on after the review passes. If Apple catches him, his account will be terminated
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