@dalias @cabel @drahardja I think for a long time, Apple did have that large team. I heard stories all the time of App Review taking weeks, then months as time went on. I sincerely think Apple's team was hand-reviewing every app.

Wonderful in practice, terrible at scale.

So what does Apple do? Automate X% of the process where X = > 50% of what a human would do. This speeds things up greatly, but at the expense of nonsense like Cabel mentions.

IMO under the current system, no amount of tinkering can fix ti all. A full, structural change is needed to make review times realistic but also a positive process for all.