I'm an indie, and I disagree. Big vendors can call Phil Schiller and ask what's going on. Small vendors can't. Even putting that aside, companies like Google

I'm an indie, and I disagree. Big vendors can call Phil Schiller and ask what's going on. Small vendors can't. Even putting that aside, companies like Google, etc., can afford to develop huge complex apps, and run the risk of them not getting in (look at their navigation app). I can't do that. At most, I'm willing to throw away maybe a week's worth of work. After two recent pretty egregious (on Apple's part) rejections, I've got increasingly cynical about the platform. Needless to say, I'm not putting much effort into development anymore. Customers e-mail me and say "When is feature/app X coming?" And I have to tell them it's probably not coming, unless Apple gets their crap together.