Many of those apps were built from third party apps. Without a doubt
this move WILL damage Apple developers. PC devs won't move to
Apple and that is where a lot of your "wave" of new developers were
coming from. Cardinal rule #1 don't mess with a developer's tools. If
it does the job to spec then leave it alone. Many of these tools
packaged to native ObjC. So this was nothing more than again telling
everyone use Apple or go somewhere else. I am afraid people will go
somewhere else.
If Microsoft pulled this stunt it would be on the evening news. The
Feds would be suing and Microsoft would be banned for life from the
EU.
Lets get real. This was a dumb paranoid move. Clarify the language
of 3.3.1. Heck Apple make some money and license them rights to
make 3rd party tools!! Then you have control of the output and make
money again.
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