I don't even know what I do
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I joined the apple developer program. Created a peptide tracker (I know I just wanted to ship something easy) and I think I was one of the first to get hit with the new guidelines. A few weeks later all the peptide apps are banned.
Peptides aside, they seem to be hitting all kinds of accounts for trivial things. Which is a shame, especially to these aged accounts that have been shipping for years. I understand trying to reduce vibe coded garbage, but they aren't giving these long term developers a chance to correct things.
My theory is that they added an AI moderator to combat the fact that so many vibe coded apps are coming in. They didn't get the tuning right and it's way too aggressive. I've seen this same thing happen with facebook over and over on monetized pages, posts, and accounts.
App store is dead? Who is selling aged app store accounts now?
$114K in revenue. Apple is deleting my account for "fraud".
Over a tiny update I tried to ship 6+ months ago.
8+ rejections. 1 call with App Review. 1 full app rename.
Still rejected. Now my app is off the store, and my whole account is next.
Here's the full story:
The update added one new library. That's it.
Rejected: change keywords that had been there for over a year. mm okay.
Rejected: change a subtitle in some random localization. if it helps..
Rejected: screenshots.
Rejected: the same stuff, all over again.
Rejected: rename the entire app.
That one hurt. Most of my traffic comes from people searching that exact name.
So I asked for a call. Surely we could clear this up live.
The reviewer was genuinely great. He said the name was the last thing, everything else looked good.
So I renamed the whole app, submitted, went to sleep.
3 days later. Woke up to a generic rejection. Subtitle, screenshots, the full combo. Again.
So I asked myself: do I REALLY need this update?
I didn't. I dropped it and moved on.
Today, in that same old thread: "Pending Termination Notice. Evidence of Dishonest or Fraudulent Activity."
My appeal is with the App Review Board.
If it fails, this is what termination means:
Every app I've built, gone.
Every user, gone.
And I can never open a new developer account. Ever.
All over one library update I never shipped.
How do we solve a miscommunication like this?
Social media is now a core news source for most Americans.
58% say it's an important way they keep up with the news, up from 43% in 2022. And 13% call it their MOST important source, vs. 5% four years ago.
I like Ezoic's take on AI content related to ads:
“The internet is filled with low-quality content, both human-written and AI-generated. We believe the industry should judge content by its quality and usefulness, rather than treating how it was produced as a substitute for that assessment”
source: adexchanger.com/programmatic…
The writing is on the wall for publishers.
According to Chartbeat, social media now drives more publisher traffic than search (18% vs. 12%).
Publishers need to stop relying so heavily on Google and start investing in social platforms like Facebook.
The traffic landscape is changing. Adapt or get left behind.
🤖 Made with AI
I managed to get my Facebook page restored, but I have to rethink my strategy and take profits instead of reinvesting into it now that I know it can be taken away with no notice.
Facebook Page owners are reporting sudden losses of millions of followers, with audiences appearing to move to other Pages through unauthorized merges.
Reported cases include roughly 3.7 million followers gone in 48 hours, 6.1 million in a week, and 1.4 million in three days. Owners say they never approved a merge, have 2FA on, and see no obvious admin compromise.
Meta has not publicly confirmed a bug or exploit; some affected users say support is aware and has restored followers in at least one case.
If your Page starts dropping followers in large batches, document everything and contact Meta.
swapd.co/t/facebook-pages-ar…
Tried my first AppStore app. Got rejected for "Safety" even though there are about half a dozen similar apps.
This is probably the first time in like 10 years that I am not working on anything right now. I'm literally melting my brain watching some football games.
This was unimaginable for me before all my side projects got clapped.
I used to make fun of people that didn't do productive things in their "free time" but maybe this is the way?
Pretty sure my Facebook account is about to be nuked. In addition to not being able to post to or create pages I can also not interact with groups.
I've got a backup facebook account connected to my pages. I think I'm going to try posting again, but I've still not had my biggest page unbanned.
I'm changing my entire thinking about my Facebook strategy. For the past year or so I have been reinvesting the earnings into page like ads to grow the following.
I'm not going to look at it as a long term investment anymore. I'm taking profits what little profits I have left at the moment.