Because anytime that you have an "open standard" that you don't control its always a slower process and not optimized for your needs. It's the same reason that Google forked WebKit.

If you want to use an open graphic standard on iOS/MacOS, you're free to use OpenGL.

Not necessarily. Apple provided a security patch for IOS 6 for the 3GS after iOS 7 came out to fix the goth fail bug.

AFAIK, you can still release software that supports iOS 4.1.2 or at least iOS 5

Imagine that, a phone introduced in September 2011, still getting updates....

"legally? pandora, spotify and many many others. then there are torrents"

Neither Pandora nor the free tier of Spotify allow you to create your own playlist of songs.

Metal: Not a new Graphics Engine. It's been on iOS for two years.

iPad:"Android" hasn't had split screen. "for a while" Samsung has had split screen for a while but with little third party support. The iPad split screen implementation should work for all apps that were updated to support iOS 8's screen size classes.

CarPlay: You have to buy a new radio if you don't already have a car that supports it. It's been out for a year.

"Being that this cost more than Netflix or Hulu and you get less data traffic, it doesn't make sense."

Yes because Hulu and Netflix both have licenses for all of the most popular movies and tv shows. Like Apple Music will probably have licenses for the most popular music.

There are two types of location aware apps for iOS. One type just asks the OS to notify it when the location changes. The other is constantly running and tracking location. For instance, something like Nike+ GPS is constantly running and tracking your location. You can actually tell which is which by the icon on the status bar - it will be either solid or outlined.

As far as sound, how could the stream just be "passed off to the OS" in the case of something like the OverCast that is constantly processing the sound to remove silence and doing other processing? Audio processing apps that support AudioBus also wouldn't be possible.

Another example is the WireCast app that can act as a remote camera even in the background.

What is a "development server"?

He also said something that was patently untrue....

Hint: How would music, gps, VOiP, etc. apps work if they weren't constantly running in the background?

So explain which use case does iOS not allow with its multitasking abilities?

Because every printer mfgr has a complex driver system that doesn't work the same as normal driver installation.

You can't simply install the driver at all. You can't choose "Have Disk" and install from INF at all. The only way to add a printer is during the "plug the printer in now" step of a massive installation program.

This is why I love AirPrint on MacOS/iOS. I have two printers that were originally bought for my Windows PCs (a $40 Epson inkjet and a $200 HP color laser), but I did make sure they supported AirPrint for my iOS devices. I had to download and install drivers for all five of our Windows PCs.

I brought a MacBook Pro home from work and it automatically found and worked with both of my printers with no drivers needed.

In my experience, the reason for this is that conservatives push out a lot of hate in their postings and liberals don't. No one wants to read a lot of nasty name-calling.

I keep one right wing nutjob in my feed just for a laugh. He is one of those that believe Chuck Norris and Rick Perry along with the national guard are going to protect Texas from a Federal government takeover from the Isis-loving-Obama.

No this is not a joke:

http://www.salon.com/2015/05/0...

And that Sandy Hook was a conspiracy for the government to take guns away....

http://21stcenturywire.com/201...

Thank you for sharing your anecdotal insight. The internet owes you a debt of gratitude.

You made the car analogy. It took a programmer or group of programmers time to write the program. Are you willing to use your time for free and come over to cut my grass?

Going back to your car analogy....

Can a person randomly decide how much they want to pay for a car and just walk out with the car based on the price they decide to pay?

Still didn't answer the question. How should an independent developer get paid and who decides?