I think there are two things to be considered here * Marco experimented with Instapaper. Many people (or a few vocal people) were asking for ages for an Androi

I think there are two things to be considered here * Marco experimented with Instapaper. Many people (or a few vocal people) were asking for ages for an Android client for Instapaper. When it was released, sales were disappointing (or at least not what expected). * BBC develops for iOS first, as it seems that it takes less time. Out of these two pieces, Marco says what he will do as an (indie) iOS developers, not as a BBC employee or consultant. He doesn't say BBC should not develop for Android. All these issues about open/closed, do not exist if you cannot pay the bills. It seems like he couldn't had he been actively developing for Android besides iOS. I think he has a point.