It's been a week since the Podcaster kerfuffle began.
You can already see the lines drawn in the sand, with spilt Kool-Aid, between Mac enthusiasts (who say Apple is baaaaad...) and Mac fanatics ( who say Apple is riiiight...).
You can cut the tension with a Macbook Air.
But I agree with John Gruber that Saul Hansell's blog title best describes Apple's decision: "Apple’s Capricious Rules for iPhone Apps".
Capricious.