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0 pointseridius9y ago0 comments

Apple does not have an automatic approval process. They do a lot of automatic screening, because there's plenty that can be caught that way, but yes, every single app and update gets manual review by a human being.

And your math is very wrong. Very few apps update every 2 weeks, most of the apps on the app store probably haven't even been updated in the past few months, and there's not even close to a billion apps. In an interview back in January Phil Schiller said the App Store had 2.2 million apps.

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bobsam9y ago· 2 in thread

Nope, you missread my numbers.

I assume it takes one person 2 weeks to fully analyze an app (we are after all looking for well hidden malware, possibly downloaded from network after some use). Times 2.2 million apps. Times an average of 3 updates during its life time.

There are not enough apple employees to pull what you calim. Hence approval is semi automatic, just like Google.

Edit: 1 billion changed to 2.2 million, my bad.

eridiusOP9y ago

You have no idea what you're talking about. Tell literally any third-party Apple developer that app review is automatic and you'll be laughed out of the room. Your math is way off.

bobsam9y ago

don't agree with my math? Show me your own numbers.

I feel you are just hiding your head in the sand instead of doing the sensible thing which is to ask apple to analyze this companys apps and report to public whether app store was affected.

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