"What are the ethics in creating an application for the AppStore, charging money for it, and then abandoning it’s development, but still charging for an application that has known bugs?" and "The second thing that’s really starting to annoy me is that iPhone developers are lambasting the AppStore process in public forums, without thinking about how consumers feel. There’s a key difference between developing for a desktop platform and a mobile device, and I think it’s about time we actually talk about them. Developers need to realize that consumers approach mobile applications in a very different way than they approach desktop applications. They need to develop accordingly, instead of whining and complaining about how Apple has created a closed system" - Joshua Schnell

Hah, care to elaborate Glen and Maxamad ? - Joshua Schnell

As a heavy buyer of apps, I get annoyed by all the developer complaining. They seem to spend more time fighting Apple than caring for the consumers. Might just be a PR thing, but the constant whining pushes me toward developers that don't whine publicly. - Graham English

Graham, that's an excellent point. I understand that the squeaky wheel gets the oil, but it is getting to be a bit much. I also think it's unacceptable that some are backing out on their projects and discontinuing support for applications people have recently paid for. Seems selfish to me. - Joshua Schnell

Totally agree. Especially the Facebook app fiasco. Dude gets all huffy and drops out and just today the app was updated. So to me, the process seems to work despite the pissy developer. If I was FB, I'd be pissed with all the negative attention. So yeah, selfish. - Graham English

Not only that, but my phone needs to be secure so I welcome the scrutiny. It might be a pain for the developers, but my phone is like my wallet. CC#s, data, my identity, it's all got to be protected. - Graham English

That's what has me all annoyed. They don't stop and think about us, instead they worry about how fast they can push something out, and collect some coin, or so it seems. - Joshua Schnell

You said it! Why are the developers so annoyed with Apple? Because it's slowing down their profits. In this day and age, we could all use some restraint. Greed ain't good. - Graham English

may I point out this as just 1 of the examples as to why developers are bitching about the way apple is handling iphone app submissions http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009... Apple are really causing many of the problems you're complaining about. Many developers are seeing their app submissions being delayed and/or rejected with zero feedback from Apple. Some apps are being pulled due to bigger companies demanding it because they don't want the competition for their own app (whitness the debacle surrounding the ipint for this!). Sometimes, there's a reason why the developers are bitching in public, in this case it's cause Apple are being unreasonable and punishing people for objecting to their methodologies and madness. No smoke without fire n all that. - alphaxion