>Most importantly, the saga of Dash being banned from the App Store, and the author's blatant attempt to use the community as his private army in an attempt to blackmail Apple, have completely ruined his reputation and any goodwill he may have had at some point
Why would that "ruin his reputation"? Seems like a very OK and logical act: get your users to add their voice against the mistreatment of their app by some store's policies.
ADDENDUM: Hmm, reading into the story, the actual issue is false promoting his apps with fake reviews, not that he tried to use the community to help his case with Apple. The problem is that his case was problematic in itself.
[EDIT: not related to Karelia software -- mixed-up Kapeli and Karelia]
Most importantly, the saga of Dash being banned from the App Store, and the author's blatant attempt to use the community as his private army in an attempt to blackmail Apple, have completely ruined his reputation and any goodwill he may have had at some point,