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You Priced Being Late. Nobody Priced Being Early.

Nobody sits still for six days, so the team starts three more items and finishes two of them. New apps in the App Store doubled in the first half of 2026, to about 560,000, on Sensor Tower estimates reported by the New York Times.

You Priced Being Late. Nobody Priced Being Early.

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Nobody sits still for six days, so the team starts three more items and finishes two of them.

New apps in the App Store doubled in the first half of 2026, to about 560,000, on Sensor Tower estimates reported by the New York Times.

Elsewhere the gate is called a change advisory board, a partner certification, or a customer's change freeze.

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Nobody sits still for six days, so the team starts three more items and finishes two of them. New apps in the App Store doubled in the first half of 2026, to about 560,000, on Sensor Tower estimates reported by the New York Times. Elsewhere the gate is called a change advisory board, a partner certification, or a customer's change freeze.

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  • In June I argued the constraint had moved and the next dollar should be aimed at it.
  • Apple's developer page says 90% of submissions are reviewed in less than 24 hours.

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Image A team finishes an app update on a Tuesday. When the update ships, there is a queue behind it. An Apple spokesperson said in April that 90% clear within...

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