[wbobeirne]

To be fair, it's closer to 4 months, and it would appear that they won't yank you immediately. It's only for new submissions:

> This requirement applies to all app submissions starting January 31, 2022.

Unsure if this means new apps, or includes updates to existing apps. But I bet there'll be a bit more of a grace period if you don't have a new update to push.

[dhritzkiv]

This language in the past has come to mean all submissions: new apps and those being updated.

[ryantgtg]

Plus, “initiate deletion of their account from within the app” sounds like the app can simply link to whatever account deletion functionality you have on your website.

[O-stevns]

I don't think that's right, but the policy and the article doesn't answer these questions particularly well, so it's very much up to interpretation... The problem with linking to a website is that it doesn't make anything better for the user, since that could be either directing to a form, a support phone number or mail. Neither which improve the situation because the user is not in control.

if you provide a good and easy sign in functionality from your app, through native UI and the like, then you should be able to provide the same functionality for deleting that same account. That is at least what we have recommended one of our clients, but that client is also a public transport company, so they can't afford to be in gray area where the app is either rejected or taken down.