And as a consumer, my experience is worse because I lack choice.This is a reality that app developers are facing every day. Being forcibly restricted would mean I could not provide my best product or experience to clients. Every day I’m thinking how I can provide my clients with the best experience, and if I was forcibly unable to do that, I’d feel incredibly disheartened.

As a business, I cannot create the product I want, nor can I provide the customer experience I want for my customers.

Let’s see how both businesses and consumers lose. I know it sounds a bizarre situation I’ve just created, but it’s the situation that is happening on a small scale with iOS and the web browser situation. Every car in the world functions the exact same. In fact, no car manufacturer is given that right. But you are not allowed to have any choice in how the actual internals function, such as the engine. You are able to design the outside of the car how you wish, and you can also add a few bells-and-whistles to furnish the interior. Yet, I still think ultimately the consumer is losing the most, and that’s why I take issue with the artificial limitations.

And I think that’s the defence Apple have been happily able to hide behind to justify the decision. I agree with you that theoretically there’s no reason Safari should be any better on iPad if every browser uses the same rendering engine.

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