Apple Just Added an Eviction Clause to the App Store Lease
Apple's June 2026 App Store Review Guidelines update lets it remove apps that are already live, not just reject new submissions, if they go stale or stop attracting users. Here's what actually changed, which categories are already on the list, and what it means if you're an indie developer juggling more than one app.
The Keynote Made You Cry. The State of the Union Gave You Homework. Five Things That Actually Change Your iOS Workflow.
WWDC 2026 State of the Union broke open the developer toolbox: free Private Cloud Compute for indie devs, Foundation Models going open source, Xcode 27's Device Hub killing Simulator, agentic coding with Claude and Gemini inside your IDE, and SwiftUI finally caching images like it should have from day one.
Your Bug Fix Is Behind 235,800 Vibe-Coded Apps. Welcome to App Review in 2026.
App Store review times ballooned from under 24 hours to multi-week waits after vibe coding drove an 84% surge in submissions. Indie developers with critical bug fixes are stuck behind a flood of AI-generated apps. Here's the data, the developer stories, and what you can actually do about it.
Apple Is Building an AI App Store Inside Siri. Most Developers Haven't Noticed Yet.
iOS 27 will turn Siri into a chatbot with third-party Extensions — a dedicated App Store section for AI integrations. This is the biggest new distribution channel since widgets. Here's what indie iOS developers should be building right now.