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by csomar 2951 days ago
I think you are hiding something. Are you selling user browsing history? And don’t tell me user acknowledged it. They never read your terms of service. I’m sure if they knew, most of them will freak out.

Also your competitors might be a step away from getting banned. If you are doing shady stuff then I’m happy Apple is taking action. 30k/month, jobs, my company, etc... is not going to cut it. They are just sensational arguments.

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Violated guideline: 5 Performance: Software Requirements. Unapproved use of VPN in this context.

Yes, I agree, the post is emotional, but we do not hiding, selling history or do something related.

That’s very broad. We don’t actually know what you are exactly doing. Did they provide an exact reason? What do you think is the exact reason?
If you are not hiding what you do, then what do you do?
I posted a question before. And will post it here.

Does your product function as a VPN or is it just a website analytics tool ?

It works as a normal functional VPN (via our private servers) but the main idea is traffic classification and reports. It's impossible to get this data on iOS without VPN.
I'm only an Android user, but I got an app ( https://github.com/M66B/NetGuard/releases ) that does the same, but just uses a local VPN to analyze traffic and block what I don't want. There isn't even a server it could talk to. What is the problem with that on iOS ? Sending my whole traffic to your server is not worth the analyzing you do, even if you block what I don't want like NetGuard does.
So what is your app? If it's gone from the app store, can you post the description?
Can't you setup some kind of local VPN loop and perform analytics on the device? Alternatively just call your service a real VPN and then provide analytics as an extra.
Seems like that would be by design.
Yeah, if your app is shutdown, you may as well disclose the name here. Something feels off.
Yes, the timing of this is particularly relevant with the GDPR. Apple has been removing apps that sell location history, even if there is a genuine reason to use location.
> don’t tell me user knowledged it

you are doing a disservice to this noble noun