I honestly can't believe the stupidity of the metaphors in this thread. Cattle grazing on the commons? Like Apple's telling you "Don't program in a functional

I honestly can't believe the stupidity of the metaphors in this thread. Cattle grazing on the commons? Like Apple's telling you "Don't program in a functional style"? It's a problem if the only store in town won't stock your goods? Telling Leonardo da Vinci he can only use gummy? Is Apple pissing in your freedom flakes? Really? The iPhone is not a commons. It was never a commons. No smartphone device IS a commons. Apple is not dictating your programming style. They are dictating that you do not run cross-compiled software, written in a non-native language, on their device. This is not unreasonable. There is nothing illegal, or immoral, or even marginally unreasonable, with a store refusing to stock your goods. Even if it's the only store in town. It's not like telling Leonardo he can only use one medium, because of course, the iPhone is not the whole world, where da Vinci lived. If one customer of da Vinci's only wanted art done in gummy, that would be an accurate parallel. Seriously, guys, this is HN. Let's see some of that logical thinking.