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Developers knew what they were getting into; Apple has a history of opacity and secrecy. Look at the NDA debacle, the seemingly arbitrary app review process, or the way they silence dissent on the forums. Developers wrote apps knowing that Apple development is risky, and so they will continue to write apps; there won't be significant backlash.

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I knew that getting an app into the store was a bit tricky, and I also knew that the forums were... heavily moderated.

But it is a little shocking to me that huge company like Apple is playing these sorts of games with paying people. That's something I'd expect from a shady backroom sort of company, not a huge corporation like Apple.

I don't think there is an evidence that Apple is "playing games", they're just inexperienced at processing and delivering payments and thus are doing a bad job at it. As they say, never blame malice where incompetence is a sufficient explanation.

I don't personally see much difference between incompetence and malice when they've made it seem like they really don't care all that much about their incompetence.

The apple backlash is always quiet. People just pick the other option when building stuff and move on.

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