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Apple App Store: "2.6 Apps that are “beta”, “demo”, “trial”, or “test” versions will be rejected."

Minecraft is in the App store.

And... Minecraft isn't a beta, demo, trial, or test version?

*Apps that are likely to make us lots of money may bend some of these rules.

> At what point in the timeline of Minecraft did it meet this criteria

When it hit v1.0?

Enhancing the rules is the real rub here. They could exert more and more control, and since it would be gradual, people would be less likely to bail than if it had happened all at once.