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This email is completely unverified. Apple certainly has its targets on app generators, but not Xamarin, React Native or other similar technologies, that I have seen. The email contains grammatical errors and has not been received by any other developer, that I know of. It is highly likely to be a fake.

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It looks like it mixes true and false information. If it turns out the content is actually genuine, in spite of imperfect English, the underlying meaning could be that Apple will reject template-based apps generated by frameworks mentioned, and not that all apps created by them would be banned. This seems the most logical conclusion. Apple definitely wouldn't disclose such a huge policy change via one small letter to one developer, it makes no sense at all.

Yes, it looks like they took a legitimate email, and added in that line causing all the fuss. That line is what seems out of place, and has the grammatical errors. The fact they mention Trillian also removes the legitimacy. Unless people are creating apps with an old school messaging service?

Yeah, someone got it confused with Titanium.

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