Apple App Store Reviewers Flag Previously Approved Screenshots Without Changes
Identical screenshot approved across six prior builds was rejected on the seventh with a vague representativeness reason, then approved on identical resubmission. Reviewer-by-reviewer inconsistency forces developers to treat App Review as compliance theater rather than a deterministic gate.
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