I have extensive, direct, front-row experience with getting difficult apps into the store (though not Bitcoin-related). The pattern you describe "shut it down,

I have extensive, direct, front-row experience with getting difficult apps into the store (though not Bitcoin-related). The pattern you describe "shut it down, we need to figure this out first" is very accurate. The app is pulled while somebody high up figures out what the policy is going to be. Often the policy involves setting up safeguards (that you may or may not have already implemented) for abuse, user privacy, legal compliance, etc. These new guidelines are then consistently applied throughout the store (although some of them are unwritten and never make it into the official list.) This process is slow, and not very transparent. However as a person who has been on the receiving end many times I think it is a net positive for the end customer. Sure, I would prefer a system that is both transparent and safe, but it's not so bad really.