[whizzkid]

"Notarization is not App Review. The Apple notary service is an automated system that scans your software for malicious content, checks for code-signing issues, and returns the results to you quickly"

If they truly mean this, and only check done is for malicious content then it does not sound that bad except the ~100$ developer account each year to be paid to Apple. Tim Cook needs to be aware of developers being one of the main legs when it comes to creating a happy user base. If he treats them as second class citizens, then making shareholders happy will not last long.