However, it now appears that Microsoft may be reconsidering its decision. After hearing about the incident, Brandon Watson, who is responsible for the developer experience on WP7 at Microsoft, about the decision.

On Thursday, Peters wrote also via Twitter that that it had extended his grace period while it reviews the situation with Watson. The app is currently still available in the Marketplace.

The incident points to the challenges mobile platform providers face when deciding how to best manage applications. Google is on one end of the spectrum, allowing any application in its store but reserving the right to later remove apps that violate its policies. That strategy has come under criticism because, as recently occurred, it can allow harmful apps in the store. Google recently reportedly pulled around 50 apps that were found to contain malware.

Apple has been perceived to be on the opposite end of the spectrum, scrutinizing each app and rejecting some for what some developers have characterized as arbitrary or overly strict reasons.

However, judging from the , some people feel Microsoft will have gone too far if it does force the removal of Imagewind. Peters and others say that a similar app would likely be approved in the iPhone App Store if it presented a warning that users must be over 17 years old. He said that WP7 doesn't have the option to present such a warning.