[xwdv]

I hate that the media blitz worked, now every developer with the slightest roadblock is going to mount annoying social media campaigns (tantrums really) until they get their way. Not sure if I like this.

[0_gravitas]

How else would you have preferred this to play out, afaik Apple doesn't exactly have a responsive or sympathetic support hotline for stuff like this, perhaps the problem was that this was their only real option?

[JimDabell]

This wasn’t his only option. He’d already filed an appeal with Apple, this is the result of the appeal. This was the likely outcome without any “media blitz”.

[zepto]

Assuming it was the social media campaign, it clearly isn’t going to work with every issue.

[moistbar]

Just come out and say you hate developers having any rights instead of dancing around the topic. This was inarguably a poor decision on Apple's part.

If Apple keeps this up, the developers will leave, and then you'll have nothing to rabidly fanboy over.