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by BringTheTanks 4069 days ago
This is not a change in Apple's policies, it's a fluke. The reviewer is interpreting the rule incorrectly.

The rule is intended to avoid descriptions which refer to future plans for alternative platform support, or different ports of the app available on other platforms. The rule does not intend to withhold information on platform support for this app instance, or ban said platform support.

For example:

- "Also find our app on the Pebble Watch Store" (violation)

- "This app syncs with Pebble Smartwatch" (not violation)

Other examples:

- "This feature is only available on our Windows Phone version of Office" (violation)

- "We're moving to the Google Play store for Android" (violation)

- "This app allows you to share files on all popular mobile platforms" (not violation)

- "Tap together your iPhone to another iPhone, Android phone or WM phone to share contact info" (not violation)

My guess is Apple will be reversing decision on that rejection soon.

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According to other posts in the linked discussion, other apps are being rejected under the same rationale and for the same reasons, and attempts to appeal those rejections aren't going through (Apple's reviewers are continuing to reject new versions of these apps until they remove any/all mention of "Pebble" in their metadata).