The Apple vs app store is a distinction without any difference though. The whole idea of controlling what users can run on their own hardware is 100% Apple thro

The Apple vs app store is a distinction without any difference though. The whole idea of controlling what users can run on their own hardware is 100% Apple through and through. If you remember the history of iPhone, even that was granted as a concession only after devs started jailbreaking and started developing native apps without Apple's permission. Now, if with that history and culture, some app store middle manager makes an autocratic decision to remove core functionality from a beloved app, you can't just lay it on "one bad apple" so to speak. This is the culture the whole company is seeped in. This can't be a surprise to someone who has decided to "love so deeply" this entity for so many years.