[abyssknight]

I think the key thing to remember with these posts is that you never hear about when an app does get approved. From what I understand, and Steve Jobs stated at WWDC, it is very unusual to have an application rejected. Most times, its a simple fix too.

On top of that, there's HTML 5 based applications, which don't require approval. Half of these rejected applications could have been written in straight HTML and no one would have bothered them about an approval process.

[mcav]

HTML5 apps are inferior due to lack of an iTunes-integrated payment system for them.

[cmelbye]

That's a separate problem, but there are easy payment systems to integrate with you app if you need to charge people,

[axod]

Only if you rely on payment directly from customer as your business model.

[WiseWeasel]

HTML5 apps are not a valid replacement for native development. There are many device capabilities that are only accessible through the native development SDK, such as anything requiring access to various hardware, or that needs to integrate with data on the phone. Even if half the rejected applications could be written in HTML5, that still leaves the other half. I'm sorry, but that's not an acceptable solution. I should be the one to determine whether an app can run on my device, not my vendor.