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F.lux wasn't exactly native with it not being published on the app store. You would have had to "sideload" it with Xcode.

When a small number of people do this it's fine I think but Apple had an issue when 1000s started doing it.

Question - why couldn't they publish on app store instead?

> Question - why couldn't they publish on app store instead?

Apple doesn't allow apps that do the same thing as features they release / plan to release.

Flux became popular, Apple ripped it off, and blocked them from competing in the App Store. Just another data point for the antitrust lawsuit.