Apple never intended to allow any VM to run on the iPhone. A hypothetical flash runtime, that actually worked well on mobile, would allow Adobe to run a applica

Apple never intended to allow any VM to run on the iPhone. A hypothetical flash runtime, that actually worked well on mobile, would allow Adobe to run a application distribution platform on top of iOS, and threaten Apple's 30% cut. They've been forced to relent on that hard line a few times, but Apple still won't allow Firefox on iOS for this reason, and they probably never will. The fact that flash was absolute crap helped, but didn't change anything.