Apple also noted in its announcement that a developer’s privacy policy link or text will only be editable when a developer submits a new version of their app for review. Apple announced the change on its App Store Connect developer portal, which requires a developer account to access. That will change soon.Īs of October 3, 2018, any new app or update uploaded for beta testing or sale must include a privacy policy. That’s because when iOS, macOS, or tvOS apps are submitted for beta testing or sale, developers have the option but aren’t required to link to a webpage with a privacy policy or, in the case of tvOS, include the policy directly in the app’s product page because the Apple TV doesn’t support web browsing.
If you go to an app’s product page on any of Apple’s app stores, sometimes you’ll see a link to a privacy policy and sometimes you won’t. Although reading on iOS devices may be the most natural platform for RSS, I’m optimistic that we’ll see a revitalization of RSS on the Mac between projects like Simmons’ and the prospect of Marzipan versions of iOS RSS readers coming to the Mac in the future. RSS is still my first stop for most of the news I read every day. Simmons plans to support a variety of third-party RSS sync solutions in NetNewsWire 5.0 starting with Feedbin.Īs I’ve noted on AppStories before, RSS readers have stagnated on the Mac in comparison to iOS in recent years, which is why I’m glad to see that Simmons is rebooting NetNewsWire based the work on Evergreen that he’s already done. Black Pixel has removed NetNewsWire from sale and will shut down its sync server in 60 days. The project is available on GitHub, and a beta version for testing will be released soon. According to Simmons’ post on, Evergreen will be renamed NetNewsWire 5.0. Separately, Simmons has been working on a free, open source RSS reader for the Mac called Evergreen. Black Pixel also implemented a sync system to keep users’ feeds up to date on each platform. During that time, Black Pixel released version 4 for Mac and iOS and created an Apple TV version. Simmons sold the app to NewsGator in 2005, which subsequently sold it to Black Pixel, where it’s been developed for the past 7 years. NetNewsWire is a Mac RSS reader created by Simmons in 2002. Today, Brent Simmons and Black Pixel announced that NetNewsWire will be returning to Simmons, the original developer of the app.
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