Apple’s app review process is extremely unpopular, and yet it works so well for the company

iPhone owners who use apps usually are not aware of the pain that the apps’ creators had to go through before they could release the software. Most developers who build apps for iOS are not big fans of the lengthy, bureaucratic review process. Some really hate it.

A post by the U.S.-based developer Kushal Dave just got a lot of attention for pointing out the various issues with Apple’s app approval process. I myself was mostly nodding in agreement while reading Dave’s piece. Even as a non-technical member of a mobile startup, I fully could relate to some of his remarks. I am sure that thousands of others feel the same (as the many likes the article received indicate). Continue Reading