Because maybe if more people did they'd see there was something they needed to fix. Squeaky wheel gets the grease.

then…

"Chances are nobody at Apple (who has any bearing on the App Store policies) will even read it. I fully expect it to go into the pile and be ignored like all other App Store complaint emails have so far."

"if you know there's a very slim chance of something being done, why would you spend half a day penning an email? "

Why spend ANY time at all?

Again, its not like I was making this stuff up…

Secondly – I don't make assumptions about other developers. What I presented as "fact" was based upon information about the developer readily available on his website.

I can be sure that the developer was unaware of his app being pulled – because he himself was told only hours before it disappeared and given almost no explanation. You can find that information here: http://www.seankovacs.com/index.php/2009/07/gv-mo…

I can be sure he was feeding his family with the money from sales (maybe not completely feeding his family) but money in to the bank account = food on the table – based upon this information on his about page:
"I’m a SQL ninja by day, a husband by night, and an iPhone app developer somewhere in between."

So, thanks for the comment. Maybe next time I have something to say to Apple, I'll hire Dean Koontz, Mike Cane, Jeff LaMarche or heck maybe one of you professionals to pen it for me.

I'm not a professional writer, so I can see where you're coming from. But how many other people who send him emails really have a professional writing background either? Again I agree with you that I "should have" but I didn't and my guess is that most people wouldn't either.

If Apple takes the stance that they only accept comments/feedback from people with professional writing and editing, well then I guess we'll hardly ever see anything change. And frankly if you were in Job's shoes and took the same stance – my guess is the company wouldn't last very long because very few people actually write well enough for it to be considered anything above a grade school level.

I agree – Should have cut that bit out but unfortunately by the time I had that moment of enlightenment I had already hit the send button.

I never really expected a response from Mr. Jobs anyway – so as long as he (or someone) gets to the bottom – they've gotten the parts that I really wanted them to see. If all of us who have owned an app only to see it get yanked from the store took a few minutes to send a letter / file feedback – Apple would have no choice but to finally make some much needed changes to the process or at minimum acknowledge the issues.

Agreed, keep it calm and polite!