Apple's "walled garden" approach to apps & content (i.e., benevolent dictatorship) runs contrary to Internet norms of sharing, openness, and freedom.
Case in point, Apple's rejection of traditional Christianity by removal of the "Manhattan Declaration" app:
http://www.christianexaminer.com/Articles/Articles%20Jan11/Art_Jan11_04.html
Apple has rejected an iPhone/iPad "app" that had been resubmitted by signers of the Manhattan Declaration, further frustrating Christian leaders who fear the controversy signals a growing societal intolerance of orthodox Christianity.
Conservative leaders are now calling the company's policy "appalling" and suggesting it reflects hostility toward Christian beliefs.
At issue is an iPhone/iPad software program containing the text of the Manhattan Declaration, a 4,700-word document that includes basic Christian teachings and Bible verses on marriage, life and religious liberty. More than 480,000 people the signed the document online. It received widespread media coverage. Among its stances, the document opposes "gay marriage," abortion and embryonic stem cell research.
Apple pulled the free app from its online store in November, saying it "violates our developer guidelines by being offensive to large groups of people."
Sooner or later you guys are going to understand that Apple figured out there are many more consumers, than there are geeks.
Consumers want something that works, not something to work on.
And yet there are tons of Christian-oriented apps available. I recall this particular story and my impression was that the makers "Manhattan Declaration" app knew they were violating the TOS and did so to get the publicity associated with being "persecuted" by Apple.
Now, granted, Apple has pretty rigid terms or service for the App Store and many people find them overly restrictive. But you know what? Code it up as an HTML 5 web page and any mobile browser, including Safari on iOS devices, can access it. It doesn't have to be an "App" to be used by the device.