Exactly. Podcaster's adhoc distribution being blocked is a fantastic example. Netshare being banned from the app store is another. At this moment, unless you are a well known developer bitching a ton about this that Apple can't lash out at you without completely and utterly (and possibly irreversibly) screwing themselves over in the eyes of the Mac/iPhone dev community (i.e. Wil Shipley, Craig Hockenberry), you don't want to because this insanity is preferable to nothing at all because some cretin at Apple was like "woah, this person went overboard with the criticism..blacklisted".
Netshare being banned from the app store is another.
If you were lucky enough to buy Netshare when it was for sale - it still works (yay!).
I wonder exactly what this means for future support for products such as Netshare.
My guess is adhoc'ed distributions like Podcaster will be a pain in the but to provide updates for - but it'll be possible. Especially with the appropriate make / build script. I think those of us who own now banned applications may be in trouble in the future.
Well yes. You can also pirate it and install on jailbroken phones (one of the only reasons I do so, since I never was able to purchase it).
Podcaster used a loophole in the adhoc distribution method that allowed for getting around the 100 device limit. Apple is now preventing that developer from doing so. I think Apple would probably go as far as to monitor who is using the adhoc distribution method to bypass the app store (since at the moment they'd get lots of publicity for doing so, as this is typically only for limited beta testing and the like) to disable their account in general. I can't see how Podcaster will be able to update anymore...
I know lots of people have been bringing up Cydia as a viable alternative, but it's not a storefront and Cydia will not last if the App Store becomes a failure as a result. But it may be one available and open solution for banned applications.
Presumably developers aren't pushing the boundaries of the NDA because they fear being banned for life, so there's nothing for Apple to enforce.