Quote Originally Posted by SixDegrees View Post
Also, Apple is a notorious for closed systems. Apart from keeping control of the look and feel, this also allows Apple to charge inflated prices for the "official" development toolkit, charge high annual fees for developer "licenses" and otherwise squeeze cash out of their customer base in every way possible.
True. If they want to reject an App they will - wether it complies with the App Store Guidelines or not.

The dilemma is this: If an indie software developer wants an entry to the market placement in an App Store is almost a necessity.