> It doesn’t pay to be on Apple’s bad side and it’s a promotion opportunity to advocate for the newest and shiniest.
This tends to be overestimated. There's rarely a good reason to fear criticism. Apple is too huge to notice you, unless you're famous yourself. Also, Apple is a very bureaucratic organization especially now. The App Store editorial team is in its own silo and doesn't necessarily pay attention to this, and isn't influenced by other teams within Apple (except when top executives step in, of course).
Ironically, the rational fear of criticizing Apple comes not from Apple retribution but rather from all the random little Apple fans jumping all over you for criticizing Apple.
This tends to be overestimated. There's rarely a good reason to fear criticism. Apple is too huge to notice you, unless you're famous yourself. Also, Apple is a very bureaucratic organization especially now. The App Store editorial team is in its own silo and doesn't necessarily pay attention to this, and isn't influenced by other teams within Apple (except when top executives step in, of course).
Ironically, the rational fear of criticizing Apple comes not from Apple retribution but rather from all the random little Apple fans jumping all over you for criticizing Apple.