Apple’s strict on App Store rules but gives WeChat a free pass (2020)
I&#x27;m not sure this article has the slam dunk it thinks it does. Those aren&#x27;t &quot;apps&quot; they are at best &quot;web apps&quot;. They use a JS framework and some special markup from what I can tell. In this sense WeChat is more akin to a web browser than having multiple &quot;apps&quot; inside it.<p>&gt; Since these are “apps within an app”, many of these mini-programs are flouting the App Store rules since they were not downloaded from the App Store.<p>I mean Drafts has the ability to download actions (not sure if that is the right term) which are JS that run inside the app. I think this is fine and doesn&#x27;t skirt any rules, I don&#x27;t see why WeChat is all that different.<p>All that said, of course Apple is going to make exceptions for WeChat the same way it makes various concessions to other countries.