Comment by Aurornis
17 hours ago
In app categories that bring a lot of low-effort submissions and clones, Apple requires new submissions to bring something new to the table.
Before these requirements the app store was filling up with thousands of flashlight apps, todo lists, and other simple apps that people would build (or clone) to get something into the app store.
Make me sad that my original flashlight app (pre App Store) might not be accepted if I tried to publish it. It is an artifact of history I guess, so maybe that could be an exception.