@exosyphen:
Alright, well it was going to be my last, but since you ask. :-)
Apple does not have to make their Appstore the end-all-be-all. They have chosen to do make it the only way to get an App onto an iPhone. If they don't want the "pressure" of checking everything, then give us developers the ability to sell an app on our own sites, through our own channels.
Since Apple gives us no options for external sales (so long as we want to stay "legal" and not serve the hacked community), they have put a lot of pressure on their app store approval process. (Noting that they don't give another options because they insist on 30% of the sale, whether they do anything - like give you exposure in the app store - or do nothing at all.)
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I know people are desperate to put anything in the app store to make a quick bang. And complaining that they leave the platform if it doesn't happen and that the iPhone will remain without developers, it's just plain and silly.
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Again, not everyone is expecting a "bang" from being listed in the App store. Many people do actually market their own product outside of Apple. Of course, you can't market your own product when there's no way to sell it. And some people wait weeks to hear they used an icon the wrong way, only to fix it, resubmit and wait weeks again to hear they used a different icon the wrong way. *shrug*
No, I don't expect Microsoft to test and debug everything I may put out for Windows. No, I don't expect Apple to test every piece of software I sell for the Mac. No, I don't expect anybody to debug or take responsibility for the code I put on my websites... But somehow, I'm doing just fine with all of these.
Roughly a year and a half ago, there was no iPhone SDK and there were no iPhone app developers. Do we all really think Apple is truly arrogant enough to believe that they're going to be the only game in town forever and they can treat their developers however they want? I really hope not.
I truly hope the issues with the app store are just a growing pains process for Apple and they will figure it out through feedback from developers.
