what's broken on the App Store is that there's no upgrade purchasing mechanism. That's certainly one thing that's broken. But there's also clearly something else broken when bourgeois iPhone owners no longer think they should have to pay $2.99 for an app upgrade. Thanks for that, Apple.

But isn't this belief that iPhone developers should get paid once and then provide free updates in perpetuity sort of odd coming from someone who, while rich, still belongs to ?

That got the Macalope thinking. Maybe that's exactly what iPhone developers need: a union.

Think about it: low wages, abusive management, and the reason they can't change the conditions is that they have no collective bargaining power. Ring any bells, ?

To date, all we've had is a few noted developers stomping their feet and taking their ball home. But manifestos are a dime-a-dozen (a nickel-a-dozen at the Manifesto Outlet Mall off I-95 in St. Augustine). Don't get the Macalope wrong, you're cute when you're angry, but how about getting organized? Because Apple's not going to notice if a couple of you walk off the job, but if everyone starts demonstrating, they might actually have to make some improvements.