I read it before writing my comment. I'm in agreement with Gruber in-principle, but vehemently disagree that his opinion justifies Apple's stance. Furthermore,

I read it before writing my comment. I'm in agreement with Gruber in-principle, but vehemently disagree that his opinion justifies Apple's stance. Furthermore, I think he's excusing a harmful mentality that bolsters the actual problem, which is his lack of control over how APIs are called. I couldn't have imagined a more Gruber-fied opinion had I ignored the two paragraphs and wrote off the article anyways. The dude is firing on a half-cylinder these days.