Vibe coding has shaken the App Store. As stated at WWDC, over 1000 apps are being submitted every hour. Apps can be built substantially faster now – creating a flood of submissions. This is a bit of an issue when there’s only one true method of distributing apps on iPhone, at least in most of the world. Apple recently introduced a higher review bar for App Store submissions , and while that’s certainly a step in the right direction – I don’t think it’s a full solution. If you were around the app developer community during COVID, you might remember a thing called Airport . It was an App Store for TestFlight apps, allowing developers to share their apps that weren’t yet on the App Store, whilst having wider reach than just their friends, family, or any social media audience they may have. Airport was a beautiful thing, and it gave many indie developers a platform they might’ve not ordinarily had. People were discovering fun, new, small apps – and none of it had to touch the App Store.…