>It seems to me that you've started with a conclusion and found facts that fit your thesis. That's the wrong way to go about reasoning.
So let's look at it logically then. In nearly every example I gave, did or did Apple not make a promise to developers which it then broke later, costing those developers time and revenue?
And did or did Apple not recently make a promise to developers regarding the availability of an existing, long-standing technological alternative, that being direct downloads of application binaries?
Would a reasonable person extrapolate from those past observations that Apple would behave in a similar manner when circumstances similar to those that I mentioned arose?
If not, then either you don't believe that people's future actions have anything to do with their past actions, or you disagree with a series of easily verifiable facts.
there is a cost to maintaining features - ten years ago making java a first class desktop citizen was a good thing. today circumstances have changed and it's not worth the effort. so you could say that they have broken a promise - but do you expect that promise to be for evermore? or for as long as is reasonable (for some definition of reasonable)?
apple has always been that way, making life harder for developers if it suits what they perceive the consumer's needs to be.
So let's look at it logically then. In nearly every example I gave, did or did Apple not make a promise to developers which it then broke later, costing those developers time and revenue?
And did or did Apple not recently make a promise to developers regarding the availability of an existing, long-standing technological alternative, that being direct downloads of application binaries?
Would a reasonable person extrapolate from those past observations that Apple would behave in a similar manner when circumstances similar to those that I mentioned arose?
If not, then either you don't believe that people's future actions have anything to do with their past actions, or you disagree with a series of easily verifiable facts.