Perhaps that’s because Twitter people are less well-versed in technology and its business models? This move is clearly moving towards a low local maximum.
If anything, it's the reverse since I'm talking about Twitter comments by independent developers who are directly affected by this. I'm pretty sure they are quite familiar with technology and their own businesses.
Not surprising that people that make money on this is more shortsighted than HNers that doesn't.
It's good that people with 0 years of running a profitable business in the iOS store are more far sighted than people with 5-10+ years doing it.