Post #3055940

2026-01-27 20:44 UTC

It has been now a full week of me trying to ship a critical bug fix to my users, and my app keep getting rejected for completely unrelated and unjustified reasons. I’ve filled an appeal (no answer), I’ve made changes to address their problems, nothing. I’m stuck.

Replies (4)

@rafa@mastodon.design 2026-01-28 07:11

Now I'm getting rejected for using an entitlement that I am actually not using, and I don't know how else I can explain this to them.

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@jesusfdiaz@mastodon.social 2026-01-27 20:48

Try to talk to them vía phone. In my experience they are much more understandable that way.

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@mbuss@fosstodon.org 2026-01-27 20:52

@rafa@mastodon.design I sometimes wonder if Apple has any idea how hard the AppStore sucks for devs. Every convo I’ve ever had with a dev irl about potentially developing for apple devices has been one big noooooope. And that’s mainly the fault of the AppStore! What an incredible own goal.

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@omnignorant@toad.social 2026-01-27 21:11

@rafa@mastodon.design Oh man I really feel for you. I’ve been there before. The process is panic inducing with zero agency and little transparency. It feel arbitrary and it is hard to tell if a real person is even involved. The decisions can feel very arbitrary and the wait can be intolerable. It is truly Kafkaesque. That being said, in my experience persistence and patience have worked out with Apple. Of course, your livelihood, reputation and ratings are all at risk while your users wait.

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