just too polite to tell a bunch of Flash developers to get stuffed Nobody said anything about politeness. Where is Apple pretending that this policy is about a

just too polite to tell a bunch of Flash developers to get stuffed Nobody said anything about politeness. Where is Apple pretending that this policy is about anything other than maintaining control of the platform? The fear isn't that they'd have to be rude. The fear is that, if Flash apps for iPhone/iPad became a huge successful popular segment of the market and Flash didn't keep up with iPhone OS, users would have to choose between not upgrading and breaking their apps. Apple doesn't want that. Therefore, no Flash. It's a policy that's better for some people (e.g. Cocoa Touch developers) and worse for other people (e.g. Flash developers). Some users will prefer it this way; other users would be happier the other way. But the decision is made by Apple, and Apple's making the decision based on its perception of its own interests, and no one is claiming any different. It's fine for you to object to the policy, but I really don't understand the accusations of hypocrisy.