Apple's App Review Process Buckling Under AI-Generated Submissions
Source: Daring Fireball
Apple's human reviewers are drowning in volume as developers flood the App Store with AI-generated or AI-assisted apps, creating a backlog that now stretches days for iOS while macOS approvals remain fast. The capacity strain is collapsing Apple's review standards at scale. Standards that already favor incumbents become unenforceable when backlogs stretch; the result is lower-quality software reaching users and reduced differentiation for indie developers. Apple's historical advantage—a curated, trustworthy App Store—depended on review times staying predictable. When they don't, that curation promise breaks.