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Except that they structured the system to provide no choice. If you want to develop on ios you have to use their tools, their systems.

They don't have to structure it any other way. It's their product. It's their offering. There are alternatives whether you like them or not.

I'm not saying I'm happy that it's so closed. I wish it weren't, but I also respect that they have their own freedom to choose as well.

That is a choice.