the natural gas companies have absolutely no motive to try to silence this kind of stuff

Sure they have motive.

Now what about the motive of all of the oil rich regions we do not buy from because we have a larger supply of natural gas? How is it THEY have no motive?

It is a bald-faced lie to claim there is more profit in extracting natural gas locally than there is in paying to drill oil from another country and ship it here.

So who do YOU work for, eh?

App stores make this less of an issue. If Apple wants to switch the iDevices to x86, they'll tell developers that they must have an x86 build posted by such-and-such date.

Apple DOES NOT do that for older apps. It will often place restrictions on app updates or new app submissions (like must include iPhone5 screen shots) but they don't ever force older apps to do any kind of update - nor should they.

Every iOS app was compiled for x86 also (iOS simulator), but it doesn't mean any games ship with that binary.

Just because you can easily cross compile does not mean a platform will not have a huge hurdle out of the gate just getting someone to re-compile a build.

So your new software that requires say IOS6 in order to support BTLE will work without any problems on a IOS1

It works without problem on any iOS device that supports BTLE.

DUH.

End of conversation, you can keep talking but the door has closed.

I have to think they names it the "1020" just to put technical people on edge. So close...

"important" should not be a matter of opinion, but of objective profit measurement.

But what if you have something that is making good money now, but another division that could be making an amazing amount of money if managed differently?

If you just base things on objective profit measurements, you'll never undertake the risky projects that can also have order of magnitudes better reward.

And if you where targeting Microsoft or Apple then stuff like this would be solved by magic?

Here's a thought - Apple and Microsoft ship devices with OS updates that support the hardware in question.

On any Apple hardware that includes BTLE I can use the system frameworks to make use of BTLE.

You can consider that "magic" all you like, but frankly to me it's just common sense.

And just how do I target an Android 2.2 device when using BTLE?

Which hardware been shipping for a while in multiple Android phones but is only accessible via Samsung API's?

Even when the next version of Android with BTLE support rolls out, that doesn't exactly help much when so few older phones with BTLE will actually got OS updates for a year or more (if ever).

from what you are saying it seems android is more lenient about allowing you to target old devices.

They are, which is why software quality on Android lags iOS.

Apple at the moment does not let you submit to the app store anything targeting anything under iOS5 (a somewhat recent change after 6.0 had been out for a while).

This may mean some older devices drop out - but at this point the only devices out are some 1st gen iPod touches and the very first iPhone (not even the iPhone 3G which can run iOS5). That is not unreasonable and means that applications generally make use of new and advanced system features sooner rather than never.

In a world where Android developers pretty much have to target 2.0 devices as a base, you lose some ability to use advanced features to make a better app. That is dragging down quality all over and is only going to become more of an issue as iOS framework features advance...

So, in the future, please keep your stories straight.

An Apple Hater couldn't keep his story straight if it were sitting under a hot iron.

Now we can introduce even more people to tinker toys that they'll never use after they get out of school!

You mean critical thinking and the ability to work with computers?

I would say I've used both skills quite a lot in the real world.

I would say most everyone in whatever field would need those skills.

Even McDonalds workers are better served understanding how to think and use computers...

And this is true for as long as someone has a jailbreak available for your device

Which so far is every device.

it voids your warranty.

No, actually, it doesn't. By law in fact. Kind of odd Apple Haters keep bringing this up, when even Congress told them it wasn't true... do you have a mental deficiency that keeps you from processing new information?

ALL Android devices come with this as a simple checkbox option; no rooting or warranty voiding required.

No, you only need to root if you ever want a software update. SO MUCH BETTER!

Meanwhile all the non-technical users check that box so they can use the Amazon app store and prompt download viruses that SMS for them to paid numbers... yeah that situation sure is awesome! Well, for technical users. But screw normal people right? I mean, hundreds of millions should suffer so it's a tiny bit easier for you to sideload, right?

Once again the Apple Haters show they know nothing and care even less for normal people.

Cool, where can I download the source and compile my own build without the spying/advertising?

You just use the provided Apple OS builds since they don't spy or provide advertising details, if you've switched that option off in settings.

Surely someone as technically "knowledgeable" as yourself can find a settings switch?

Or you hook into the OS services and block anything you like.

the core OS is open source and can be operated without any link to Apple/iTunes/App Store etc, right?

Yes

you are in an arms race with Apple who keep trying to disable the exploits

Not really, they only disable remote exploits. Tethered jailbreaks they do not care about because they draw ideas (and sometimes hire people) from the jailbreak community.

Again, none of that is an issue... if you are actually a technical user who wants low level access.

1: A "#" prompt. Yes, with great authority comes great responsibility ... Which is why anyone responsible enough to want a command line in the system can simply jailbreak and get one.

2: Better encryption

Despite what you seem to think, iOS has better default encryption for non-technical users, and many advanced built in encryption options for applications to make use of if they wish.

3: Easy backups

Ha! This is one thing iCloud got right, REALLY easy backups that actually work.

5: I can block incoming robocalls.

iOS7.

6: I can do some interesting workflow items.

You can also do many interesting workflow items on iOS, depending on applications. There's usually a chain.

7: I don't have to worry about getting patches pushed out that I can't opt out of.

You can turn off auto-update you know, and it only came along in iOS7...

The ability to install apps from sources that aren't the official app store and the ability to develop apps for free without paying a $100/year subscription?

Both have the same answer - Jailbreak. Which is easy to do if you are technically inclined enough to want to program or to be able to protect yourself from malicious sideloaded programs.

Once jailbroken, you can deploy anything you like without paying the $100 fee to deploy to your device. It also opens up the ability to easily hack any third party application with simple code additions.

Meanwhile non-technical users get a fairly secure system that they cannot screw up too easily.

And on a side note, you don't even need to jailbreak just to install apps from sources not from the app store. Anyone can install ad-hoc builds, anyone with an enterprise license can provide installable apps to anyone (though technically they are supposed to be employees).

Plus an open source kernel, so you can verify that all your activity isn't being routed directly to Apple for the NSA

iOS is as open source in that regard, and there've also been quite a lot of people analyzing network traffic outbound from it.

It's absurd to clam that (for instance) the Android that ships with a Samsung or Motorola phone is something you can see all the source code for... that simply is not true.