Lots of developers hold their nose and sign the agreement despite these onerous conditions, and that’s understandable. The Apple App store is a huge market and hard to ignore if you want your business to succeed. And sometimes, developers have to weigh these onerous restrictions against not just their ability to survive financially, but also their ability to reach and protect users from snooping and censorship.

Sorry iPhone Users: Apple’s Dev Agreement Means No EFF Mobile App for iOS | Electronic Frontier Foundation