I can only imagine what this post would have looked like had it been say, Google in question.
To say bad things about the brand that one has invested so much in actually would cause physical pain. To even consider leaving the brand and dumping such an investment puts many people off. They would rather protect themselves psychologically, and protect their investment. Thus we witness a polite and gracious love letter. It makes psychological sense.
Apple's done nothing wrong, and given Apple's history of implementing these kinds of features, then opening them up to developers in the next release, being polite when asking them to open them up is appropriate.
For instance, it used to be that only Apple apps could control the brightness of the screen. Apple opened that up to all apps several years ago, and now many apps use it.
Apple's just introduced new technology that would be useful for this app developer, and in a way, they are effectively enabling this kind of app-- and when they open it up in the next release (possibly iOS 10, since this is a feature introduced in the iOS 9.3 interim release) it will be stable and usable more broadly.
The combative attitude many on HN have towards apple is more about being in the Google camp and seeing them as the enemy, than about Apple doing wrong by anyone (Yeas yeas, I know they take %30 of transactions, but that's an improvement over the %80 that previous generations of mobile software developers had to give up.. and other stores take a similar cut. etc.)
Nothing related to Google at all(which is probably why you're getting downvoted).
For example?
You can find other examples if you look. I remember there being a big kerfluffle about it ~2 years ago or so.
You mean "persecuting", btw, and not "prosecuting".
I know the grugq says not to root Android for maximum security, but I prefer to have the toggle. I don't like this continual removal of features from phones and I strive to have the same level of access that I had on my Nokia N900 - but it has to be an informed choice.
There has to be a middle ground somewhere between Android's "Cryptolocker.apk was successfully installed!" and Apple's "thou shalt not covet thine neighbour's underground app store on penalty of death".