Been thinking about this article as I play his game (which is great). Some thoughts:<p>(1) it seems like there's a big opportunity for someone to step in with a service that <i>just</i> handles the backend work on the Android Market. Something less then a full fledged publisher but cheaper too. If he's spending say 5% of his time dealing with these sorts of issues (I can't imagine the number is any higher or much higher) then one guy could, as he scales, work up to doing this full time, handle a number of mildly successful indie developers, take 5% from each and be mildly successful himself (more than mildly actually he'll be much more efficient meaning he can scale to many developers).<p>(2) Apple's App Store on the other hand could greatly benefit from some sort of Preferred or Trusted status for certain devs. Maybe it prioritizes their review or allows them to bypass approval for purely bugfix releases. Perhaps they have to fork over another 1-2% in additional fees or insurance or maybe revenues are deferred until the update passes review.