“After Apple approves the app with its basic functionalities, developers use CodePush to update it with anything they want.”
The pirate streaming apps check the device’s IP location and keep their real interface hidden from a tester in San Jose. Once approved, Microsoft’s CodePush swaps in whatever code the developer wants. One of them, Collect Cards, topped the free charts in some countries. Apple’s review team has more than 500 human experts for more than 100,000 apps a week, and an IP lookup beat all of them.