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I would hope that the only way such an app gets trough Apple's review process is by cheating (e.g. detecting that it is being reviewed and behaving differently).

I would also hope that once Apple realizes this, the developer is banned right away – which does not seem to be the case (yet). While the app in question is not available in the App Store anymore, the developer's other apps employing the same scheme still are.

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>The developer has grossed almost a million dollars on the App Store

I would think that sort of threshold should trigger a manual review.

Apple says they have to have these high fees to verify app quality …and then they don't.

Apple's fees from million-dollar apps would pay for a full-time concierge dedicated to watching just that single app.

Apple will only ban a developer when they think that not banning them will cost them more revenue than banning them.

Is this data speaking, or your personal biases speaking? Because if the first, I'd love to look at said data.

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