App Store Rejection of the Week: Dark Hours
A developer recounts their frustration after Apple's App Store rejected an astronomy app, incorrectly labeling it as astrology. The piece highlights the lack of transparency and human oversight in the app review process.
Why it matters
It illustrates the power dynamics and potential for arbitrary decision-making by major platform gatekeepers like Apple.
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Terry Godier, “ Browsers Have Standards, the App Store Has Judgment ”:
A while ago I tried to submit an iOS app for Dark Hours , my astronomy website for normal people. It was rejected on the grounds that it was astrology.
It has no tarot function, no horoscopes, and nothing that I, or anyone else I’ve asked, would associate with astrology.
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