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> seems unnecessary and overly harsh

As I said - a conclusion. Your conclusion, based on incomplete facts.

Perhaps if Dustin answers you will turn out to be right, and then that will be a reasonable question.

> I wonder whether Apple even spoke to Dustin, or if he found out the way the rest of us did, on 9to5Mac. If the latter, then you can't expect him to already have a response.

Who expects him to already have a response? That’s an expectation that nobody is talking about except you.

But this is absolutely a question for him to answer.

As I said - these are questions for Dustin.