I really wish this blog post would quit being passed around as Amazon screwing every developer in the world over. I don't know how you can rationally believe that they would offer to give your app away to thousands of people who have no intention of spending any money on the app besides the fact that it is free for the day, and just handing over free cash based on the random number of people who clicked 'download' that day.

The whole point of being featured as the Free App of The Day is for exposure. Not monetary handouts.