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		Kerrick on Aug 30, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple Rejects App That Tracks U.S. Drone Strikes From the reddit comments -- I'm surprised nobody on Hacker News brought this up before reddit! > Mobile app developer here... It was probably rejected because all it is is a web page wrapped in an app. > > 2.12 Apps that are not very useful, are simply web sites bundled as apps, or do not provide any lasting entertainment value may be rejected > Which this app clearly is. It's not even using the mapkit API. It's just a link to a web page.

cageface on Aug 31, 2012 [–]

Nope. As quoted directly in the article:

The Cupertino company says the content is “objectionable and crude,” according to Apple’s latest rejection letter.

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