This is really poorly conveyed. Apparently when you appeal they are supposed to stop the clock, but we (iSH) were certainly not told that and we hear that this is the norm with many apps in this process. I don’t know if this is supposed to fuel compliance in desperation or what, but apps that have strong cases are just going to run the the press. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like Apple is trying to improve here…
That was the part that seemed especially outrageous to me. 14 days to appeal or make changes, with no guarantee of response time?
Even if he imagined T2 might reverse the decision, hedging his bets by going public was only rational, given the ticking clock.
Apple could have avoided this whole circus with a more reasonable time frame.