Morin: Apple blocks vibe-coding apps over Guideline 2.5.2, not Xcode protection
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Dave Morin reframes reporting from The Information regarding why Apple blocks AI vibe-coding apps, arguing Apple is enforcing user security rules against dynamic code rather than protecting its developer tool Xcode.
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“It's also not about protecting Xcode, right? There was some sense, I think, in that article that potentially this is about protecting Xcode. I don't think it is. Apple's always allowed like React Native and Flutter and like all these different sort of developer tools. The actual issue, which you guys did mention in the article is this guideline two dot five dot two, which is that apps can't download and execute code that changes functionality.”
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