You're ignoring the fact that speed is paramount (the whole point of the article). If you want flexibility and speed, you're going to look at using assembler (w

You're ignoring the fact that speed is paramount (the whole point of the article). If you want flexibility and speed, you're going to look at using assembler (where you can do anything that can be done, running as fast as it can run) instead of a high-level language (where you have to work with packaged functionality and aggregates hiding complexity). No, it's not going to be easy. The fact that Apple totally controls both sides of the symbiotic audio hardware & SDK running on a tiny set of products, while Android must have an SDK which accommodates an unknown range of hardware for hundreds of products, means iOS will have an inherent advantage.