But do you really know what's in your app?

Apple rejected an astronomy app from the iOS App Store because “it was astrology”. When the author appealed, Apple doubled down because “We understand that the app includes a live tarot reading feature.” Ridiculous, right? Well. The author in question is Terry Godier, and while I understand that he has gained quite the following in recent months, I am not a fan. He is unabashedly pro undisclosed AI writing, having conjured — “written” would be inappropriate in this context — a whole essay on large language models being a whole new communication technology. Trigger warning for those sensitive to LLM-ese. The app, “Dark Hours”, was supposed to be an iOS-native version of this website. It has some truly useful information on the quality of the night sky for stargazing at any given location. It also has the tells of AI generation: too wordy — or overly verbose, if you prefer LLM talk — in some places, too technical in others. Many small digits scattered around the screen. It even manages…