<story><title>Apple approves previously rejected HKMap.live app</title><url>https://twitter.com/hkmaplive/status/1180137132842610688</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>burtonator</author><text>The fact that we can&amp;#x27;t side-load apps is a tragedy.  Any anti-trust investigation into Apple + Google should discuss this it&amp;#x27;s highly anti-competitive.&lt;p&gt;I get that they want a sanitary app store but if I go to myapp.com I should be able to side load.&lt;p&gt;It would also be nice to side-load from phone to phone in situations like this so that apps can&amp;#x27;t be blocked by governments like China.&lt;p&gt;If the apps just verified keys that would be enough so that you know you&amp;#x27;re installing the app from the right developer.</text></comment>
<story><title>Apple approves previously rejected HKMap.live app</title><url>https://twitter.com/hkmaplive/status/1180137132842610688</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>xvector</author><text>The big takeaway is that the app was never &lt;i&gt;removed&lt;/i&gt; from the store - it was just never approved. Apps not being approved is quite common.&lt;p&gt;All the headlines were saying that the app was &amp;quot;banned&amp;quot;&amp;#x2F;removed from the store, leading to massive outrage.</text></comment>