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Apple brought out a range of new hardware on September 21 in its Surface lineup

Typo in paragraph 2.

I submit probably 100 apps a year for app review, and the quality of the reviewers is all over the board. Sometimes the reviewer rejects an app for a ridiculous or erroneous reason, but then the app gets approved immediately if you resubmit it. I think it's fine, but then I've submitted enough apps that I have the routine pretty much figured out. I appreciate that the app review process is usually within 24 hours now.

Disney DOES have the LARGEST back catalog of content -- Marvel, Mickey Mouse, Star Wars, Lucasfilm, 20th Century, National Geographic, ABC, ESPN, princess movies, Disney channel, Disney+, Hulu, Pixar. WB Discovery in comparison is very, very tiny.

"We are always looking at companies to buy. We acquire a lot of smaller companies, and we’ll continue to do that for IP and to incorporate talent. We don’t discount something larger if the opportunity presents itself. I’m not going to go through my list with you on this call, but we’re always looking." -- Tim Cook, April 28, 2022

If there are businesses Disney is in that Apple has no interest in -- parks, comic books, publishing, cruise ships, whatever -- I imagine Apple would divest them or license them to others. On the other hand, if Disneyland became the largest Apple Store ever...

Disney's market cap is as low as it will go right now. Apple can return its $200B cash on hand to investors or spend it on some iP. Investors are already happy with Apple. And Apple investor Warren Buffett loves Disney. I believe IP is a better long-term choice.

I don’t mind Apple removing old apps from the store. But as a developer, I really wish they would fix a related bug. Apps that have been pulled from the store don’t work with TestFlight. TestFlight has become an essential tool for developers, and blocking access to it for apps we are trying to update is annoying.

robin huber said:

Uh, remember iAd? 

I do. I'm an app developer, and the iAd banner ads generated more money for my apps than AdMob does with combined banners and interstitials. iAd was wonderful for developers.