[mrpippy]

This is the App Store upload tool, derived from (and maybe the same as) the iTunes Store upload tool. It comes from Eddy Cue’s org that runs the store, not the Developer Tools team.

Honestly I would wager that the Developer Tools team has never been very happy about the size and quality (outdated JRE) of the upload tool

[jfb]

Yes. It is a Java application that originally was written to facilitate the upload of large intermediate video files from post houses to the iTunes Store ingest systems. I know because I was there.