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> In 2021, documents revealed that the App Store Review team has more than 500 human experts to review more than 100,000 apps every week.

Ignoring the weasel wording in the sentence, and assuming the reviewers dedicate 100% of their time to reviewing and a standard work week, that's ≈12 minutes per app.




And the gross revenue in 2021 for the Apple app store that same year was $85B. Alas, poor Apple just can't afford more reviewers to ensure every app has a meaningful review process and well paid workers who have a decent work environment. I assume they have a rushed quota of apps they must review per week.

Why does Apple deserve the 30% cut, again?


Honestly more than I would have expected.


That’s honestly way higher than I would have expected.




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