He also opened up about the personal toll of being the App Store’s “regulator.”Megaphone.fm: WWDC Preview: A Conversation With App...Before a developer can sell an app on the App Store, it must be approved by Apple’s app review team. App reviewers worked in small conference rooms with Macs, iPhones, and iPads to test applications. He said there was concern inside Apple that companies like Google or Facebook could create a slew of apps that would replace core iPhone functions. “Once they started using these other apps, they'd be thinking more about Google now.” Ultimately, Google Voice and similar third-party calling services were approved for Apple’s App Store. He also discussed the early days of the Apple Watch App Store and how it could improve with a store built into the watch itself.

Source: The Edge Markets May 28, 2019 22:52 UTC