[thestoicattack]

> Apple keeps testing the boundaries of what we will tolerate because it knows it can get away with it while the competition still lags behind.

I'm not convinced the competition will lag forever. If Apple were not the market leader, would consumers or developers continue to give them the same leeway?

[pedanticfreak]

The point is the competition still lags, so Apple still has a free pass with users and developers. And if the competition suddenly caught up, Apple only needs pull back just enough to make us all forget.

Really, it's stunts like this that shows how much iOS leads the competition. Like electing a convicted murderer to public office because his competition is that incompetent. Android isn't forcing Apple to compete on its terms at all.