The no-Flash in the browser on the iPhone/iPad/whatever is entirely and absolutely Apple's choice, and no one can make that choice for them. They can argue benefits/detriments, but no one can make Apple pollute their platform against their will.
That is debate number 1.
The debate now has NOTHING to do with the web (and it's honestly quite ludicrous to claim that it does), but instead is Apple deciding to rewrite the rules of the app market just to exclude certain manners of developing software.
Using the web to blanket that argument as well is, quite honestly, offensive propaganda.
If Steve said "We're implementing new quality rules to ascertain the quality of apps by a panel of testers, and we're demanding that all apps use features {X} {Y} and {Z}", that would be one thing. That isn't what they did. Instead they said "Due to the fact that a lot of very gullible, very silly people will accept out ridiculously inaccurate correlation, we're blanket eliminating a broad realm of technology choices just to thwart a competitor".
Unless you work for Apple you should not be embracing that. It is a grievous offense to intelligence.
That's a cheap, unsupported distraction.
The no-Flash in the browser on the iPhone/iPad/whatever is entirely and absolutely Apple's choice, and no one can make that choice for them. They can argue benefits/detriments, but no one can make Apple pollute their platform against their will.
That is debate number 1.
The debate now has NOTHING to do with the web (and it's honestly quite ludicrous to claim that it does), but instead is Apple deciding to rewrite the rules of the app market just to exclude certain manners of developing software.
Using the web to blanket that argument as well is, quite honestly, offensive propaganda.
If Steve said "We're implementing new quality rules to ascertain the quality of apps by a panel of testers, and we're demanding that all apps use features {X} {Y} and {Z}", that would be one thing. That isn't what they did. Instead they said "Due to the fact that a lot of very gullible, very silly people will accept out ridiculously inaccurate correlation, we're blanket eliminating a broad realm of technology choices just to thwart a competitor".
Unless you work for Apple you should not be embracing that. It is a grievous offense to intelligence.