On some level, I do sympathize with his cause. However, his tantrums would be better directed toward Apple itself rather than raising a $h!tstorm in the blogosphere. As a consumer, why would I ever purchase his product that admittedly would rarely if ever be updated again? I’m glad he’s focusing on the Mac platform again (as other developers should), but with such an attitude, I’m not sure I’d want to support his company’s efforts going forward.

I would certainly agree that the app store has issues from a developer’s perspective. He’s not the first to raise such issues. However, having a gate keeper control the type and quality of software delivered isn’t necessarily a bad thing. From a security perspective, jailbroken phones have already proven to be more at risk. Kafasis argues that any developer should be allowed to make any program available, however, he ignores the fact that Apple likely has a contractual obligation to protect the integrity of the carrier’s network.

Kafasis needs to calm down, mature a little bit and consider what’s best for his company from a practical perspective rather than from the emotional perspective which is clearly driving his decisions right now. He also needs to consider the value of public relations and understand that such public tantrums will likely hurt his business in the long run.