Jacobra

It seems like small developers could get around this by releasing some kind of trial edition on the free-app-a-day promotion.

I would argue that their actions, at the very least, are getting people thinking about the privacy and security issues we face. Their methods are blunt and can be damaging, but you can't deny that people have been talking about these issues much more, and I think that's a good thing.

Totally agree. Causing problems for PayPal may cause relatively short term problems, but fixing the system is better for the long term.