We knew well the risks going in, but still sucks when you run into the worst-case scenario. It certainly moved forwards our plans to get in alternatives.
Sure, it was a factor. The whole backend was built in 3 months, photo upload would have added another few weeks. But again, we aimed not to do that at all, wanted to be more virtual. At least until we heard form enough users that they wanted that option.
It's good you managed to find out what the issue with Facebook was and that they allowed the re-submitted application.
I not had the chance to work with any of the social networks or app stores yet. I am currently in the process of being commissioned to do an Android app, I'm a little concerned myself about running into red tape.
