[coagmano]

The phone call with Apple that Kapeli recorded makes it pretty clear that it wasn't him making the shovelware or manipulating reviews. But also made it clear that Apple were justified in taking action against linked accounts as part of their integrity process. That they were willing to work with Kapeli to get his account reinstated I think shows Apple in a good light.

As for the price, It's been 2.5 years since the last paid upgrade, and I use it every day so I'll probably end up paying again even if I can't expense it because it's so useful

[joshstrange]

It appears to be his mother which was doing it with a handful of apps he originally wrote then transferred to her account when he decided to focus on Dash [0]. I think he handled some of this wrong but it does appear he had nothing to do with the manipulation. As for the price I'd be more comfortable paying a subscription fee since he has servers to maintain but you are right, $20 ever few years isn't worth saying behind on an older version. I'll probably upgrade.

[0] https://www.imore.com/dash-developer-speaks-heres-his-full-s...