[madeofpalk]

Not cynical, just realistic and speaking from past personal (and others) experience of Apple rejecting apps for whatever reason they feel like (if any).

IMO, Apple specifically carved out the exception for JS for WebKit/WebViews, to make using web views in apps possible. I'm quite certain they didn't have in mind React Native[1] auto-downloading JS bundles to bypass App Review. Apple wouldn't be a fan of that.

Now, the complete opposite of this is their favoured tech for developing new Apple TV apps, TVML, explicitly allows and is designed for updates bypassing App Review. In fact, most of the app logic and UI is delivered from your own server.

[1] Actually, the guidelines mentions 'WebKit framework'. Does React Native use 'WebKit framework'? Edit: It uses JavaScriptCore which I guess is a part of WebKit http://trac.webkit.org/wiki/JavaScriptCore