[nottorp]

Intellectual property is complicated - there must be some patent that Apple would infringe anyway. Perhaps the one on breathing...

[coderjames]

Or PowerVR texture compression, which according to Anandtech is the canonical method for iOS development:

"Because Apple’s SoCs have always used GPUs from the same vendor, certain vendor-specific features like PowerVR Texture Compress (PVRTC) are widely used in iOS app development"

[0] http://www.anandtech.com/show/11243/apple-developing-custom-...

[Aissen]

They could easily force change on the app for such change. Look at what they're doing regarding Bitcode and how quickly it might become the default.

[monocasa]

It's orders of magnitude harder to statically check for at app submission time than Bitcode vs. Native is.

[H4CK3RM4N]

Would is be possible to patent some "biological respiration and oxygen replenishment" process and start suing babies?

[moomin]

You might be able to make it stick in East Texas.