Apple is shifting the burden here from users to developers. It's easier for a developer to simply puke out a lowest common denominator app but it's not so good

Apple is shifting the burden here from users to developers. It's easier for a developer to simply puke out a lowest common denominator app but it's not so good for the user who is buying the iPhone because of the cool UI/interaction/integration good native apps provide. It's easier for a developer to simply have their unmodified app run in the background but it's not so good for the user who is losing cycles/battery because of it. I don't want to justify it because obviously there's some valid downsides especially for developers to this approach. My only point would be that's Apple's secret sauce. It's gotta work right, it's gotta look right, everything has to work right together. Apple is going to do whatever it takes to make this happen because they feel like that's their core advantage over their competitors. They're probably right. If you disagree there's Android, BlackBerry, Palm, Nokia, etc. It's not like Apple has a gun to our head. As individuals we have free will.