Word of the Day: kafkaesque

The word kafkaesque has appeared in 20 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on Oct. 25 in “Spotify Wants to Get Into Audiobooks but Says Apple Is in the Way” by Tripp Mickle:

The audiobook fracas offers a glimpse into the challenges developers face as they try to introduce new features. To abide by Apple’s rules, Spotify included its legal team in the product development process and tapped a former start-up founder with a law degree, Nir Zicherman, to spearhead the effort.

Apple initially approved the new feature in Spotify’s existing app before later reversing course, sending Spotify into what it considered to be a kafkaesque world where Apple simultaneously told the audio company that it could send customers emails about online purchases but couldn’t provide a button inside its app to request those emails. After a series of rejections, Spotify said that Apple on Tuesday approved a version of its app with the audiobook experience.

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