Inside the Apple Team That Decides Which Apps Get on iPhones
The former head of App Store reviews discusses why apps get rejected, competition between Apple and developers, and planning for WWDC.
The Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose, California, in 2018.
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Apple Inc.’s former head of App Store approvals said he’s worried about competition between the company and developers, and even recalled board member Al Gore asking about a controversial app approval.
Phillip Shoemaker, who ran app reviews from 2009 to 2016, made the comments in the latest episode of Bloomberg’s Decrypted podcast ahead of Apple’s annual developers conference in early June. He also opened up about the personal toll of being the App Store’s “regulator.”