Obviously I can't speak for the original poster's intentions, but I figured it was just meant as a helpful reminder that parts of the code shouldn't be consider

Obviously I can't speak for the original poster's intentions, but I figured it was just meant as a helpful reminder that parts of the code shouldn't be considered "best practise". It's great that they post code - it's just that newcomers might look at it, think "oh hey this might look like an OK way to do XYZ" - and then be surprised later when new iOS versions or whatever break because of shortcuts taken earlier. A gentle reminder that "this is not necessarily the proper way to do it" is appropriate in this context, I think. (I'm sure issues like these are common for many studios' games)