"There's no way that Apple is going to sit idly by while Intel builds a hardware/software platform to compete with iOS, and then gives that platform away to App

"There's no way that Apple is going to sit idly by while Intel builds a hardware/software platform to compete with iOS, and then gives that platform away to Apple's competitors." Yep. Apple won't sit idly by. No matter what Intel does. Is Apple concerned if somebody makes a cheap, one-size-fits-all platform to compete with the iPhone. I highly doubt it. Isn't Apple designing its own microprocessor for iPhone now so they optimize exactly what they want optimized? Why would they care if people believe the opposite strategy is better?