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Every app and app update submitted to the App Store is subject to review against Apple App Store's technical, content, and design criteria, making compliance with those criteria a universal prerequisite for distribution.
Interpretive note: The excerpt lists four review criteria; the canonical claim states the primary purpose and two of the four criteria. The remaining two criteria (user privacy, objectionable content) are addressed in separate records 53787 and 53788 and are noted in omitted_material.
Every app available on the App Store has been reviewed against Apple App Store's criteria, which shapes what software users can access.
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Every app and app update submitted to the App Store is subject to review against Apple App Store's technical, content, and design criteria, making compliance with those criteria a universal prerequisite for distribution.
Every app available on the App Store has been reviewed against Apple App Store's criteria, which shapes what software users can access.
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