<story><title>New “Report a Problem” link on product pages</title><url>https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=j5uyprul</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>akersten</author><text>Weird. I thought all the apps were already reviewed and approved by a specialized and trained committee before being blessed with a space in the App Store. What could we possibly need this button for?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>happybuy</author><text>Being an App Store developer is like intentionally walking into an abusive relationship and hoping that the pay-off will be worth the trouble.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m sure you&amp;#x27;re aware but, as an app developer, the review process seems random at many times.&lt;p&gt;Depending upon the phase of the moon certain features or metadata may be accepted or rejected in apps. Even when the exact same features have been accepted in prior app versions and app reviews (without changes to the actual guidelines).&lt;p&gt;In such cases, perhaps Apple&amp;#x27;s interpretation of the guidelines have changed. If so, there&amp;#x27;s no way for app developers to know this until they get hit with a rejection. Rejections rarely include explanation of the interpretation so it&amp;#x27;s up to the developer to try and interpret what the real issue is.&lt;p&gt;This is on top of the fact that, in many cases, Apple deliberately uses the guidelines and shifting interpretations to delay or destroy competitors. This occurs even if competitors are acting within the guidelines and all prior known interpretations of those guidelines.</text></comment>
<story><title>New “Report a Problem” link on product pages</title><url>https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=j5uyprul</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>akersten</author><text>Weird. I thought all the apps were already reviewed and approved by a specialized and trained committee before being blessed with a space in the App Store. What could we possibly need this button for?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Closi</author><text>Eh, it’s pretty easy to hide things behind a feature flag during the review process.</text></comment>