Gluon for iOS, 2020.3, was rejected by Apple... because... drumroll... the Gluon.app website includes the Google Play Store download link and references to Android.

@vincent Wow, that seems ridiculous and draconian. Surely, we can expect Apple to deny Google’s iOS apps for the same reason anytime now, right?

…Right, Apple?

@vincent I really wonder how they always manage to get away with these things. Since that is not the first time I heard of things like this.

@vincent That's your mother-fucking website. God damn it. 🤦‍♂️

@vincent That's a terrible reason. And I don't think Gluon would be the only one doing that. Pathetic! 🤦‍♂️

@vincent Really?! 😳 They had better deny a few more apps that have Android versions. Perhaps just take off those words for a couple of days to get it through the store, and then put it back? Not ideal, but...🤦🏼

@vincent that’s just shitty of them. I’m glad you’re blogging about it so people actually see how Apple plays the game. 🤮🤬

@vincent what the hell.....

@vincent That's bizarre. Lots of sites I see have links for both iOS and Android. Is it that they want you to have 1 page that is truly just iOS in addition to a main landing page with both?

@svenseebeck what’s worse is that this all was there whilst they approved the previous versions.

@simonwoods no. It’s Apple’s website... NOT!

@amit pathetic is the right word. Shame they continue to be like this.

@crossingthethreshold yeah, I know. Now I probably have to create a special landing page that checks if you’re coming from the app or not and display accordingly. So much for human rights to use whatever platform you want.

@vincent Don't worry. Federighi will talk to a popular pundit, smile and say "Come on guys. Trust us."

And then it will be all ok. 🙄

@michal yeah, they’re big bullies. They remind me of a baby crying and throwing the toys out of the pram. Shame, because each time they do this it’s yet another small paper cut.

@ronguest I asked for clarification, because they’re always so vague. I’m hoping it’s only the link within the app, to the website... so hopefully I can do something there with a special query string in the URL.

@dandycat I call it dictatorship... but yeah, kinda weird. I asked for clarification, so let’s see. Hope it’s because I link to the website within the app... you know... something normal you should be able to do.

@vincent "We LOVE developers!" -- Tim Cook

@vincent Sometimes it’s the whim of one reviewer, I’ve heard. I hope that’s all it is.

@the tell me about it. Gluon seems to be only picked on by them... maybe it’s the name.

@Burk at this rate Gluon will only ship via TestFlight.

@vincent 🙄