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How did you get this through App Store review? My understanding is Apple tends to be pretty strict about apps that rely on reverse-engineered private APIs.

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App Review didn't object to that. There are various apps on the App Store today that rely on reverse engineering, such as unified messaging apps, alternative rideshare price comparison apps, and driver-side rideshare aggregators.

I believe this is Google's rule that applies. Though, I think Beeper would be breaking it as well. Maybe I'm reading it wrong?

> Examples of common Device and Network Abuse violations:

> Apps that access or use a service or API in a manner that violates its terms of service.

I guess they don't really enforce it. Zenmoney reverse-engineered APIs of banking apps and their app is still on both app store and google play

IANAL but I also wonder if app A can violate app B's terms of service, if they never agreed to the TOS in the first place.

Interesting. App store asked me for proof of permission from the first party to use a reverse engineered BLE protocol.

App Store review is really just luck of the draw in my experience. There is usually no rhyme or reason to a decision, changing some minor thing and re-applying works a lot of the time.

What project was this?

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