Apple, like Google, was naive once, hoping that developers would respect their customers as much as they do (unless you're big enough that kicking you out of the app store would make their products less marketable).

They got proven wrong, and had to invent policy after policy to try to fix things. Google has been restricting permissions while Apple has gone even further.

Most developers don't need all that much special treatment. Picking between three codes in a few categories isn't really that much work. At least they don't require you to manually email the app reviewers!

This stuff only seems to be a major issue for developers trying to use APIs in way Apple does not allow them to be used.