So, I got my first app rejection. No big deal. I have to fix something and resubmit, right?
Well, not exactly. One of the reasons for this rejection apparently is section 3.7 regarding Certain Types of Illegal Activity, specifically:
“Any content that facilitates or promotes underage drinking, consumption of illegal drugs, or socially irresponsible behavior due to alcohol or drug consumption (e.g., drinking and driving).”
What I don’t understand is why my app Hangover Helper 1.4 all of the sudden violates that clause. The changes in this new version include a small twitter feed and some improvements to the accuracy of the reverse geo coding. That is it, everything else is the same. Try it, and if you get an urge to do certain types of illegal activity from using it, I would like to hear from you. It’s frustrating to suddenly not be able to update and bug-fix an app that I spend a lot of time on since version 1.0.
The purpose of the app is to highlight the disadvantages of drinking excessively in a humors way. The app description states the primary purpose of the app as “getting a taxi-friendly street address” from your current location.
To me, this is the exact opposite of promoting irresponsible behavior or drinking and driving.
You may choose to like the app or not, but it delivers what it promises and is fairly popular with decent reviews. The new version addresses the primary complaint among the >5.000 users, the accuracy of the street address.
I don’t get it. One day Microsoft is promoting my app on msdn, the next they reject an update to the same app for it’s content.
My problem is that I have no way of knowing what to do. I added a disclaimer saying “Please drink responsibly…” and replaced an image of a guy drinking a beer with an image of folk-dance.
Hope the app will be accepted now.
UPDATE: YEHAAA!!! 22 Hours later and it got accepted!
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