Is measuring dog emotions from face and body posture unethical?

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pgloor OP
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Hello

We have been trying since August 19, 2024 to get our app waggydog accepted in the App Store. It measures the wellbeing of dogs from picture analysis of their face and body posture.

The App Store reviewer persistently claims this is unethical and tells us to remove this feature, which we can not do as it is the core of our app. We absolutely can not understand the reviewer's arguments, as AI is widely used to measure emotions of humans and animals from facial expressions and body posture.

We have raised an appeal October 4, and again we have not heard anything until today, October 24!

Many thanks for enlightening us! Peter

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Thank you for your post. We're investigating and will contact you in App Store Connect to provide further assistance. If you continue to experience issues during review, please contact us.

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pgloor OP
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After 26 days we finally got an answer today from the app appeals board repeating the initial rejection from September 19: "Specifically, the app functionality is insufficient to accurately provide users with information of the current mood of their pet." THIS IS NOT TRUE: We have proven that recognizing emotions from faces and body posture works in peer-reviewed academic research since 5 years for dogs, horses, and other animals: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-5903/14/4/97 https://www.mdpi.com/1999-5903/13/10/250

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