--- title: My 8-month investigation and court: Apple had confused... description: Apple mistakenly closed the author's developer account, leading to the loss of their mobile business. After a legal battle, the author discovered that Apple... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/my-8-month-investigation-and-court-apple-had-confused-my-developer-account-and-accidentally-killed--wg41eos3d twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: My 8-month investigation and court: Apple had confused my developer account and accidentally killed my $33,680 MRR mobile business | daily.dev og:description: Apple mistakenly closed the author's developer account, leading to the loss of their mobile business. After a legal battle, the author discovered that Apple... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/my-8-month-investigation-and-court-apple-had-confused-my-developer-account-and-accidentally-killed--wg41eos3d og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Wg41Eos3d.png og:image:alt: My 8-month investigation and court: Apple had confused my developer account and accidentally killed my $33,680 MRR mobile business og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # My 8-month investigation and court: Apple had confused my developer account and accidentally killed my $33,680 MRR mobile business **[Medium](https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js)** · 6 min read · 1 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Apple mistakenly closed the author's developer account, leading to the loss of their mobile business. After a legal battle, the author discovered that Apple had confused their account with another one with a similar name. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@oliverrc** · 0 upvotes > That's gut wrenching to read. I hope you find a way back but I imagine I'd never want to solely rely on Apply ever again with their unilateral and absolute control over your livelihood ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#apple](https://daily.dev/tags/apple), [#app-store](https://daily.dev/tags/app-store) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/my-8-month-investigation-and-court-apple-had-confused-my-developer-account-and-accidentally-killed--wg41eos3d) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"My 8-month investigation and court: Apple had confused my developer account and accidentally killed my $33,680 MRR mobile business","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/my-8-month-investigation-and-court-apple-had-confused-my-developer-account-and-accidentally-killed--wg41eos3d","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/my-8-month-investigation-and-court-apple-had-confused-my-developer-account-and-accidentally-killed--wg41eos3d"},"datePublished":"2024-05-10T06:38:06.082Z","dateModified":"2024-05-10T06:38:04.043Z","description":"Apple mistakenly closed the author's developer account, leading to the loss of their mobile business. 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