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NOVA retweeted
An industry that celebrates entrepreneurship should show some compassion when entrepreneurs lose everything.
Especially when developers are already being treated as guilty by automated systems. The last thing they need is their own community acting as judge and jury.
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Remember Mercy, the movie where an AI judge decides whether you’re guilty, and you’re left fighting to prove your innocence?
That’s essentially what Apple’s App Store developer termination process feels like.
An algorithm flags an anomaly. Apple terminates your developer account, potentially destroying years of work and an entire business or even a family.
But here’s the disturbing part.
You’re not necessarily told exactly what you did wrong. Instead, you’re given broad allegations and expected to figure out which one applies to you.
You’re effectively asked to reverse-engineer an algorithm’s suspicion to defend yourself against an accusation you can’t fully examine.
Think about that. The system makes the accusation, controls the evidence, and decides your appeal.
And unlike the movie, there’s no courtroom. No independent judge. Just Apple reviewing Apple’s decision.
This is how developers are treated by @Apple
NOVA retweeted
Apple has a trillion-dollar ecosystem.
Yet put 20’devs in a group chat, and a little marketing experience from the Twitter trenches.
Two weeks later, hundreds of developers who didn’t even know each other existed have connected.
And now Apple’s starting to respond.
Developers, check your inboxes today. You might finally be getting the answers you deserve.
What a timeline. 🍐
NOVA retweeted
stacy is one of the og indie hackers i've followed for over a year or two
and this is deeply concerning that even she is getting targeted by this ruthless termination system
we really need a change otherwise apple is on its way to lose a major chunk of its legit developer base
$114K in revenue. Apple is deleting my account for "fraud".
Over a tiny update I tried to ship 6+ months ago.
8+ rejections. 1 call with App Review. 1 full app rename.
Still rejected. Now my app is off the store, and my whole account is next.
Here's the full story:
The update added one new library. That's it.
Rejected: change keywords that had been there for over a year. mm okay.
Rejected: change a subtitle in some random localization. if it helps..
Rejected: screenshots.
Rejected: the same stuff, all over again.
Rejected: rename the entire app.
That one hurt. Most of my traffic comes from people searching that exact name.
So I asked for a call. Surely we could clear this up live.
The reviewer was genuinely great. He said the name was the last thing, everything else looked good.
So I renamed the whole app, submitted, went to sleep.
3 days later. Woke up to a generic rejection. Subtitle, screenshots, the full combo. Again.
So I asked myself: do I REALLY need this update?
I didn't. I dropped it and moved on.
Today, in that same old thread: "Pending Termination Notice. Evidence of Dishonest or Fraudulent Activity."
My appeal is with the App Review Board.
If it fails, this is what termination means:
Every app I've built, gone.
Every user, gone.
And I can never open a new developer account. Ever.
All over one library update I never shipped.
How do we solve a miscommunication like this?
NOVA retweeted
The past two weeks have reminded me that innovation knows no boundaries. Great products are built to last, and no setback can erase the work behind them.
Our story won't be defined by the obstacles we've faced, but by the quality of what we continue to build.
Thank you @OpenAI for giving independent developers like us a new way to reach users, at no cost, without the traditional barriers of app distribution.
Today, you can use @novawallets directly inside ChatGPT 👇
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NOVA retweeted
NOVA’s interactive charts, wallet profiles, and visualizations are now supported on ChatGPT web, Codex, and mobile.
Mobile visualizations can still be inconsistent, but hoping this gets resolved in the upcoming mobile GPT updates.
This is a whole new way to explore Solana. Expect a few rough edges as we keep building. Appreciate everyones patience! ❤️
NOVA retweeted
Let this be our declaration of war against the monopolization of software distribution.
We know you’re reading this, @Apple, @tim_cook, @cue, @johnternus
You may have the power to terminate our accounts, remove our work, and close the doors we spent years trying to open.
But you do not have the power to silence the generation that built its future on your platforms.
We are not asking you to guarantee our success. We are demanding the freedom to pursue it.
You can control your App Store. You cannot claim ownership over our ambition, our creativity, or our right to build.
We told you this would only get louder.
We intend to keep that promise.
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NOVA retweeted
Apple can reinstate my developer account today, tomorrow, or next week. It won’t change a thing.
I won’t go silent just because I got my account back like most of the developers that went public & and pretend nothing happened after getting it back.
I’m done building my future around the possibility that an automated decision could erase years of work overnight, with no meaningful way to challenge it.
And im not waiting for apples automated ticket to catch up.
1. I’ll be distributing nova via Website download & practicing my rights to distribute freely as a developer via download via website link.
2. I’m going to build an alternative to the App Store. And when independent native app distribution becomes available globally, I intend to be there competing.
But to build something with genuine purpose. A marketplace where developers are treated as partners, consumers have real choices, and great products earn their place through merit.
We spent over a year building Nova, won two industry awards, and earned our users’ trust. That reputation wasn’t handed to us by Apple. We earned it.
Apple can keep its App Store, its standards, and its rules and its awful catalog of dull “MRR” apps. I have no interest in taking that away.
I want to prove that you can build a successful marketplace by empowering developers instead of making them dependent on you.
This stopped being about one developer account a long time ago.
It’s about making sure the next generation of builders has a choice we never had.
@Apple @AppStore you guys have not only pissed off your developers, but you pissed off the crypto community for removing nova. The power of these communities is like no other.
2027 will be profound year.
NOVA retweeted
The App Store needs competition. Without competition, they can be arbitrarily horrible to developers and there is no alternative.
NOVA retweeted
Everything is starting to add up now on why so many developers have reportedly been wrongfully terminated.
Phil Schiller reportedly stepped back from running the App Store partly over concerns that Apple’s push for more revenue could deepen conflicts with developers.
He raised those concerns, stepped back, and soon after, developers began reporting sudden account terminations and lost livelihoods. Coincidence?
@Apple @cue @tim_cook @carsonoliver, developers helped build this ecosystem, yet our ability to reach users still depends heavily on your control over app distribution.
If your goal is to boost App Store revenue, compete fairly instead of making developers dependent on your store.
Let developers distribute outside the App Store. Competition could make your store better without forcing everyone to rely on it.
Internal leadership decisions shouldn't determine whether developers can support themselves and their families.
The iPhone remains successful because of the apps developers build and people open every day. Even as you're reading this, you're using an app originally built by fellow developer @jack, once called Twitter.
Apple, your leadership needs to recognize that and sit down with the next generation of developers.
We deserve a seat at the table to discuss the future of an ecosystem we helped build.
Speak to us, not just delete us.
We carry more weight than you think.
And this conversation is only going to get louder.
NOVA retweeted
Hey John, the iPhone Duo is a beautiful piece of hardware. Matter of a fact, we spent months making sure our app felt right at home on it, only to lose our ability to distribute it.
I hope Apple gives the App Store and developer rights the same attention it gives its hardware.
The next chapter of the iPhone isn’t just about what Apple builds. It’s about what Apple allows others to build. As the AppStore has not scaled or changed since Jobs started it.
Treat developers as partners, and the entire ecosystem wins.
- from all the developers who wrongfully lost their right to distribute & build for the ecosystem they love.
NOVA retweeted
Nova is Nova Wallet, a self-custodial Solana-focused crypto app by its creator. It is a 2× Solana Hackathon winner, listed on the official Solana Wallet Directory, with features like swaps, wallet tracking, and privacy transfers. Apple terminated the developer account on Oct 9, 2026 under section 3.2(f) without prior notice, removing the iOS version. User funds stay safe as it is non-custodial; the app continues on Android and web.
NOVA retweeted
A phone that folds like a passport. A wallet that opens like an actual wallet.
kinda feels like these two were made for each other.
and lowkey, I think we nailed the Duo experience. wallets on one side, live charts on the other. swap, switch wallets, trade, all without losing sight of the chart.
@AppStore to bring @novawallets back so everyone can experience it.
NOVA retweeted
Developers terminated by @Apple @AppStore without warning or explanation:
We’re organizing a group chat of affected developers to launch a major public campaign. Reply to this tweet to be added in that group.
Behind every terminated account is a business, a livelihood, and real people whose lives have been disrupted.
It’s time our stories are heard.
NOVA retweeted
Apple terminated the developer account behind Nova Wallet, our only app, citing Section 3.2(f).
A year of work. An entire community. A livelihood I was building my future around.
I’ve since learned how many other developers have faced similar terminations. A source who worked at app review & is familiar with process tells me this clause is routinely used to close developer accounts & usually is thrown by the same internal employee.
We dispute the decision. We’ve asked for the specific conduct behind it so we can respond.
Even the reporting process Apple directed us to keeps sending us in circles. I have it recorded.
I’m 26. I love what I build. But the uncertainty of losing everything I’ve worked toward has taken a real toll on my mental health.
And I know I’m not the only developer feeling this.
@johnternus @Apple @AppStore, please remember the people behind these accounts, we aren’t all robots. We have families, we have dreams, and ambition to build in today’s age.
Give developers clear explanations, working appeals and a fair chance to be heard. When mistakes happen, give us a reliable way to correct them.
Let developers continue serving their communities through independent distribution. Give them a future that doesn’t depend entirely on one store’s decision.
To everyone who has supported us, please repost this. Not just for Nova, but for every developer who deserves to be heard.
You can remove an app from a store. But you should never forget there’s a human being on the other side of that decision.
