Sabotage is a strong word, but it doesn't have to be intentionally malevolent. In psychology the word sabotage is often used to describe situations where people

Sabotage is a strong word, but it doesn't have to be intentionally malevolent. In psychology the word sabotage is often used to describe situations where people don't have faith in relationships (maybe because of personal hangups) and go at them half heartedly. When their relationships fizzle out, people said to "sabotage relationships" are often left feeling confused about what happened. Apple has consistently shown that their locked down platform is priority number one. I think there are people who, for better or worse, have grown wary of that and need some extra convincing if Apple wants to influence big decisions. Safari feels more and more like IE to me as the years go by. I just have a hard time taking it seriously and don't go out of my way to support it, just like Apple doesn't go out of it's way to support it when they have proprietary platforms that they can make vastly more money from. All that said, yes, Apple has pushed the envelope from time to time, and has made some major contributions to open standards, so credit where credit is due, and accountability where accountability is due.