>While the tastefulness of that solution might be questionable, I believe users should be able to decide for themselves whether it's acceptable or not. The cou

>While the tastefulness of that solution might be questionable, I believe users should be able to decide for themselves whether it's acceptable or not. The counterpoint to this is that users have a far, far lower standard for interfaces than Apple does which means developers spend less on the actual functionality of their app. While the examples you posted are unfortunate apps that got caught in cross hairs, I believe that the App Store on mobile is better due to Apple's insistence of UI control.