Hilarious to me that if you even softly criticize Apple you have to do it anonymously in fear of retribution. Must be an awesome company to work with.
When you run a business, you avoid criticising any company you rely on. You don't start a war with credit card companies, your hosting provider, your lawyers, your accountants, your insurance company, your building management or others unless you're prepared for them to give you bad service or drop you entirely.
Apple have the power to make and break small businesses dependent on the App Store which sucks but that power isn't unique (most of the services I listed above could do the same thing). If you can't be diplomatic to essential business partners, you're going to get abandoned.
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