If Palm knows this specific API is already deprecated or is pending a major overhaul or consolidation into another API they would want to warn developers not to

If Palm knows this specific API is already deprecated or is pending a major overhaul or consolidation into another API they would want to warn developers not to use it. If they want to make sure end users are getting apps that actually work properly after future OS updates they should reject apps that use these private APIs. I respect that developers and freedom and whatnot but as an end user I don't want to be stuck with some perpetually broken unusable mess after every OS update to facilitate it. (see Linux on the desktop as a good example of why this isn't end user friendly. apt-get dist-upgrade -- opps no more 3D acceleration, vmware doesn't work, can't even build from source because libblahblah is something something blah libtool make -o something or another)