For those wondering, what OP quoted was a response to the author: > In defense of Apple, I once asked an engineer at a WWDC Lab why it took so long for iOS to

For those wondering, what OP quoted was a response to the author: > In defense of Apple, I once asked an engineer at a WWDC Lab why it took so long for iOS to support JSON. Their answer made a lot of sense. However, I'm not sure that it makes much sense to me... I guess I may be missing something essential?