Incorrect. You can't distribute your apps via the App Store without a $100/year subscription. You can upload them to a large handful of devices ( I think it might be 100?) for free.

In my experience, jailbreaking an ios device is a much, much lighter modification than rooting an Android device. It's one click on the computer (plus on tap on the device) to jailbreak, while rooting required an evening of research, the ADK, uploading a recovery bootloader, and all sorts of mucking about.

I don't see where the GP claims anything is 'self evidently' logical. Instead, it's just plain old, explanation-need logical.

Verbs!

If you read what they wrote, it's pretty obvious they just removed it from the literature.

No, I'm quite sure he means 32 and 128. Any idiot knows that ROT26 puts you back where you started.

Unlike 'Libraries of Congress' (at least how the 'unit' is usually used), comparing political stability to radioactive half-life is actually relevant.

You're right, the fingerprints, glare, physical button layout, etc will all be fixed in software

IMO they are stiffing their entire userbase. Reducing the breadth of content devalues it for everyone.

To me, it makes more sense to think of things like a 'three hour job' in terms of an average practitioner. Otherwise, who's to say that there's not another mechanic that can do 4 ball-joints in 45 minutes? Using your logic, the GP would be stretching out an N-minute job (where N is the least number of minutes any mechanic could do the work) into a little over an hour.