Apple Tightens Rules on Non-Consensual Image Apps

Apple's leverage here is distribution, not legislation, which makes this a platform-governance move rather than a regulatory one — and it lands on a category where the harm is real but the tooling is generic, since the same image models serve legitimate and abusive uses. The practical effect depends entirely on enforcement mechanics Apple has not disclosed, and on whether compliance costs push smaller developers out while larger ones absorb them. Whether other app stores and model providers adopt comparable thresholds is the open question.