[tzs]

Also, while it was in effect it was not enforced against apps that used Mono.

[guelo]

Yea, it was all about trying to screw Adobe.

[melling]

Why specifically were they trying to screw Adobe?

[wmf]

Flash Player for iOS sucks. But Apple doesn't want developers to forgo developing native apps while waiting for Flash to improve, so they just banned it. It's a clean break.