Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-33905015-20180428163323/@comment-28789107-20180430175108

I learned something when another game had issues with the security changes being made at Facebook.

Windows store doesn't care much about third-party apps. They provide a central place for us to check and update our apps, but provide little in the way of oversight. When you ask to download an app, you are actually redirected in the background to the vendor's distribution site.

Apple on the otherhand, must review and approve all updates which can take a couple of days (and they don't work weekends!). My other game wouldn't even start. The problem cropped up late on a Friday. The developer gave notice on their FB page that they were aware of the problem, and were working on a fix.

Monday a fix was released to Windows users via the Store. Nothing for iOS. About Wednesday, the fix was available to iOS. The developer threw Apple under the bus with a FB post explaining the approval process Apple has and that they had asked for expedited approval but Apple said nyet. When you get in bed with Apple, they are in control,