Retraction: The App Store Rejection of the Week That Was a Correct Rejection
Retraction: The App Store Rejection of the Week That Was, in Fact, a Correct Rejection Saturday, 8 August 2026 Yesterday I published an article titled “App Store Rejection of the Week: Dark Hours”. Its premise was so fundamentally wrong that there’s no point merely correcting or editing it. Even the title, as I explain below, was inaccurate.
- ▪Retraction: The App Store Rejection of the Week That Was, in Fact, a Correct Rejection Saturday, 8 August 2026 Yesterday I published an article titled “App Store Rejection of the Week: Dark Hours”.
- ▪Its premise was so fundamentally wrong that there’s no point merely correcting or editing it.
- ▪Even the title, as I explain below, was inaccurate.
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| Publication time | Sun, 09 Aug 2026 03:26:00 +0000 |
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Retraction: The App Store Rejection of the Week That Was, in Fact, a Correct Rejection Saturday, 8 August 2026 Yesterday I published an article titled “App Store Rejection of the Week: Dark Hours”. I have retracted it. Its premise was so fundamentally wrong that there’s no point merely correcting or editing it. Even the title, as I explain below, was inaccurate. Although the original is now retracted, I’m not memory-holing it. The text of the original story is available, for transparency and accountability, in plain text (Markdown, natch) and PDF (preserving original presentation). Both of those versions include a preface at the top linking to this retraction. The URL for the original story now redirects to this one that you are currently reading.
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