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There’s a growing anger among iPhone app developers at the current state of affairs. For many devs the game seems to be rigged and not in their favor. Their hopes of getting established as little software shops, maybe even big shops, are getting thrown about by the realities of the work that must come after their apps are released. Most paid apps are getting just a couple of downloads a day. Hardly enough to build a going concern on.

Playing on that anger are recent posts from TechCrunch on how Apple could potentially bankrupt devs and are treating them like dirt. There’s nothing surpising in this because it’s normal TechCrunch style to create a stir.

Everybody needs to just calm down…

If developers came into this market to start and build a business then they also had long-term goals in mind. They got into it for the long haul and were prepared to commit the time, effort, and money into growing their businesses. But if they got in to get rich quick then they’re probably ticked off right about now.

These same developers may have created games for the iPhone and understand the need to put some challenge into it, else they lose their users. Likewise, growing a business involves challenges and coming up with solutions.

Think about the Palm Pre coming to the market this summer. Could Pre do to the iPhone what Facebook did to MySpace? Perhaps, if Apple doesn’t get their act together. When fart apps make it to the #1 paid app spot then there’s something wrong. If Apple doesn’t fix this then we, as developers, can focus our efforts on any of the new touch platforms just waiting for us with arms open wide.

Developers, there’s no need to panic and throw in the towel here. And don’t get too caught up in hyped media reports. They’re just doing what they do.