Want to hit Apple now, cracking down on AI coding apps, blocking them from updating in the

app store or taking them down entirely. Dear Jibosa has more in today's tech check segment. So what

is Apple doing here? So Sarah, first, let me just explain. These are AI or vibe coding apps like

Replit. They're for ordinary people. You just type a prompt describing what you want,

AI creates it. Zero coding

experience needed. So it does in the AI era what Apple's founding idea was 50 years ago today,

and that is democratized computing power. The iPhone put a computer in everyone's pocket,

vibe coding puts the ability to create software into anyone's hands. So you might think that Apple

would actually be all over this, but instead it's standing in the way.

Apple's crackdown here, they cite safety concerns.

It says that these apps can make software that their reviewers never see, and that goes against policy.

But here's the thing.

The software opens up in a browser, so it's just like clicking a link in Facebook or X that brings

you to an outside website. And if it really was about safety, Apple should have just banned all of

these apps instead of putting them in limbo for months like they have. Think of it this way, guys.

Imagine if Apple had banned WordPress from the App Store in 2010. WordPress let anyone build

websites and build businesses from their iPhones. Apple

didn't review each one of those. Vibe coding is that same on ramp today and Apple is blocking it

when it should be rolling out the red carpet. App store submissions, they are up 60% year over

year in part thanks to this trend. Apple can actually monetize that. But the builders,

these apps aren't updated working the way they should. They don't actually need to go through the

app store at all. They can just build for the web instead. Open up a laptop, build it instead of doing it on

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