I noticed that Apple has been updating their documentation so developers can have less back and forth when releasing an app.

Apple has anti-spam app policies that basically limit innovation and competition in certain product categories. An extreme example would be Apple not allowing any more "sleep music apps" b/c there is enough in the store.

An investor actually approached me about buying a couple mobile apps I made b/c they are "aged" and don't need to go through the rigorous first-review approval process

> what Apple can do

A lot, they _can_ do almost whatever they want with their own AppStore and own business model. Including making good on the anti-trust lawsuit they've got for a decade around the world and let go of their monopoly.

We shouldn't make it sound like they _have to be_ the bad guys. Even from a business standpoint they're slowly losing the grip on their market and getting back some goodwill wouldn't be a bad thing.

They can hire more reviewers - they say they only have 500, that's the same number they had in 2020 when the Epic judge called them out for it.

Allow third party app stores.

They are the richest company in the world worth trillions.

You're not sure what they can do?

1) hire more people 2) let people buy apps from wherever they want.

> I'm not sure what Apple can do here;

Hire more reviewers. Apple is making a shitload of money from App Store sales (and of course by scamming its users in many creative ways). They'd better spend it on making developers happier, not on thickening the walls of their garden.

it's not just Apple. Steam game review is now taking weeks due to the amount of AI slop being published, whereas before it was 3-5 days.

I'm not sure how platforms will handle this honestly. Of course they want to curate a bit and avoid blatant malware/spam, though.