4.3 Guideline... Frustation

I develop apps for radio stations and WebTVs.


Recently I had to update some apps at the same day, because I had to change the streaming url, and all were rejected. Now, even the new apps are rejected.


I submitted an appeal explaining that my apps are individually branded, so branding on the home screen, app store searching and the app name matter for my clients. I believe my apps are not creating clutter, each one has unique brand, name, color scheme, background and specific content. That will not confusing users.


They replied:


We understand that your radio and TV apps are individually branded. However, they share the same concept and feature set. It is no longer appropriate to submit multiple apps that provide the same or similar feature set.


To resolve this issue, please consolidate similar apps into a single directory app (for example, all radio apps into one container, and all TV apps into one container) that allows users to select from different channels within the app.



These type of one container app with multiple radios already exist, probably will be reject too.


I cant undertand why one radio cannot have his own app, without competitors, or its me that cant develop any more?

It's not about you - your clients are still free to have an app in the store, only now it has to be with an owned account. You can still sell services to your client as part of that process, you just need to adopt a new business model in line with Apple's changes.

Note the updated guidelines now say this about that:


4.2.6 Apps created from a commercialized template or app generation service will be rejected unless they are submitted directly by the provider of the app’s content. These services should not submit apps on behalf of their clients and should offer tools that let their clients create customized, innovative apps that provide unique customer experiences. Another acceptable option for template providers is to create a single binary to host all client content in an aggregated or “picker” model, for example as a restaurant finder app with separate customized entries or pages for each client restaurant, or as an event app with separate entries for each client event.

4.3 Guideline... Frustation
 
 
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