@rossdav@... It doesn't matter whether "the cross-platform developed apps are crap or not", it matters whether the cross-platform development tools are crap or not. They, by definition, offer Lowest Common Denominator support of the APIs. Apple doesn't want iPhone OS apps held hostage by Adobe, or anyone else's, support or lack thereof.
The particularly galling thing about this to long-time Apple/Adobe watchers is that everything we're seeing here is a direct result of choices Adobe made 10-7-5 years ago. Adobe weren't crying nearly as hard when they had the dominant position of having several successful products that were driving demand. You didn't see Apple writing open letters in 2003 about the "Myths of Cocoa development" they just shut up and did their thing. Perhaps Adobe should follow suit.
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