Both google and apple are choking developers and innovation. There was a time that we could build whatever we wanted and the only judge of our work was the customer. These days, all the real estate is owned by google and apple. So in order to get in front of a customer and have them decide whether they want our app or not we have to make the landlords happy first. It's completely screwed up and will kill all innovation.
Is Apple kinder to developers than google? I always thought it was the other way around but maybe apple's process you before publishing the app is kinder than google's "shoot you in the back" attitude. At least with apple when you are in - chances are that you will stay in...
Can't believe google's treatment of developers. Having been through one of these sessions myself I feel the pain. My solution? Move to ios. I did that a year ago and have not had any surprises ever since