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I wasn't OK with it when they introduced the mac app store, I got really unhappy with it when random open source tools suddenly disappeared offline and became $2 pay-to-play software on the mac store.

So that's Apple's fault? You wouldn't be referring to Growl, would you? They're complying with open source licenses; you can get the source code and build it yourself: http://growl.info/documentation/developer/growl-source-insta...




That's actually exceeding the requirements of the license, since Growl uses the BSD license: http://code.google.com/p/growl/source/browse/License.txt?nam...




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