>> "You really think that web apps are ever going to get access the microphone or the camera?"

Definitely, if other phones or devices have such capabilities, and a killer webapp comes out that uses them.

If I was Apple I'd just shut the App store down to get rid of all the ungrateful developers. Sorry, but it's their show. They get to decide if you can play, and what the rules are. If you don't like it, don't play with them.