Absolutely, I do agree this question is about a permissive development platform. And that's the whole point, I think. As for the second points, I don't recogni

Absolutely, I do agree this question is about a permissive development platform. And that's the whole point, I think. As for the second points, I don't recognize what you're describing. What I can say is that I don't consider letting an app through into the App store itself is a seal of approval for whatever technique or tool that app is using, but rather a sign that they're not checking for whatever it is they're doing. If other apps get rejected for stuff others have been accepted for, or even earlier versions have been accepted for, that's a refinement of the approval process to me. And yes, to some that might feel like a volatile situation. I'm suggesting that non-controversial app development (as in using approved tools, not writing apps that are in a grey zone when it comes to what they approve, and not using private APIs) is cutting down on that volatility in a big way, wouldn't you agree? I concede that I might have missed your point totally, but since you're not giving examples I'm looking forward to a more verbose rebuttal in that case. =)