The App Store has actually improved markedly in the past six months, in terms of approval time and communication from Apple. This from someone who had an app in review for 8 months. When we emailed them to get a critical patch pushed live, they expedited and put it out within a day. That's damned solid. Their Finance team also responds within a couple of hours on weekdays whenever you have a question with payments or bank account info. On the whole, I think things are going great with the App Store and getting better with astonishing regularity.<p>The install base has also gone up significantly, so revenue for everything in visible categories has gone up due to a larger userbase alone.<p>Apple is quickly running away with the whole ballgame.