Indie dev says Apple killed his account under Guideline 4.3(a) spam rule, quits iOS for YouTube
tinyfool · x · 2026-10-31
A developer (@DLKFZWilliam2) shared an Apple rejection notice citing Guideline 4.3(a) - Design - Spam — the app allegedly shares a similar binary, metadata, and/or concept as apps submitted by him or other developers. He considers his Apple developer account effectively dead.
Concluding he can't compete with big studios on App and game development, he's quitting iOS entirely and pivoting to a game-streaming YouTube channel (Play With Rippa), offering to play and promote others' apps/games for ad revenue.
The post highlights how Apple's 4.3(a) anti-spam clause increasingly hits indie developers over similar concepts, squeezing individual devs out of the App Store ecosystem.
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