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Google isn't a store though. They are a distribution channel, who happened to build their own self-checkout lanes after several checkout lanes were already installed, then put caution tape up in front of the other ones. Google needs developers, just like developers need Google (if you're developing for Android and don't mind making waaaaaayyyy less than if you were developing for iOS :p).

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I didn't downvote you, but these are the facts:

1)The "Play Store" is, like the name says, a store, just like every single store is a distribution channel.

2)While I understand that for some it may look unfair, a contract is a contract, you cannot sign and then ignore the rules of a contract because it's "unfair". You just don't sign it.

3)On iOS the app will not have been accepted in the first place and maybe (I'm just supposing) the developer didn't want to buy a mac, buy an iPhone, learn objective c and pay 100$ a year to make the app for iOS. :P

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