[tybris]

I see no reason to think that's not the case. This was a mutual agreement outside of the general terms. That's hardly unusual.

[WalterSear]

It is amazon's standard policy. Many developers have commented on it.

[tybris]

Their standard policy concerns the unilateral decisions. This was a mutual agreement outside of the standard policy. The benefit to the app maker is a guaranteed free-app-of-the-day promotional spot, the benefit to Amazon is not having to pay the 20%. Seems like a (potentially) fair deal.

[neuroelectronic]

I'm pretty sure this is dramatized to fish for more sales.