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Originally Posted by BlackEleven
ArsTechnia has a really great article on this subject. They spectulate that it may be to hurt Android as well. Specifically, by limiting developers ability to cross compile with tools such as Flash or Monotouch, they force developers to chose one platform or spend a lot more time developing for many platforms. And most, if forced to chose only one platform, will chose the biggest -- Apple. (btw, they disagree with you about Montouch being allowed. I've never used it so I won't comment on it personall).
http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/20...or-android.ars |
I think this is probably the most accurate assessment - they want the iPod apps to be first class, purely native apps - not a part of a cross platform collection.