I, as a user, think the slow review process is a good thing. He complains about it being rejected for a single letter, but that letter was a lack of security for ME, the user. That's very important to me, but apparently not to them.
I'll agree the rest of the failings were stupid on Amazon's part, though.
However, I doubt I'd have pulled the app. I'd have found ways around the problems, like creating a US account, using a proxy, or having a fan post a review giving the email of the developer and asking upset people to contact them.
And he never did answer why it doesn't work in airplane mode if it isn't connecting to a server.
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I, as a user, think the slow review process is a good thing. He complains about it being rejected for a single letter, but that letter was a lack of security for ME, the user. That's very important to me, but apparently not to them.
I'll agree the rest of the failings were stupid on Amazon's part, though.
However, I doubt I'd have pulled the app. I'd have found ways around the problems, like creating a US account, using a proxy, or having a fan post a review giving the email of the developer and asking upset people to contact them.
And he never did answer why it doesn't work in airplane mode if it isn't connecting to a server.
The slow review process does not at all indicate that they spend more time testing, or find more bugs.
As a user, you will be affected by the slow review process when you have to wait longer for updates than someone using an Android Market bought app.
The implication was that it does work in airplane mode, and that the reviewer was lying.
I just tested the free version (under AdFree then in airplane mode), and it does seem to work fine.
It doesn't help that the developer never actually says that he tested this, though.
He says the review is full of lies, but I didn't feel he thought the reviewer was lying on purpose.