You mean like when Apple killed Opera, Google Search, iCab Mobile, Atomic and the many other web browsers. Oh wait. They didn't.
And there are plenty of replacements for the core apps: mail, contacts, calendar etc.
And there are plenty of replacements for the core apps: mail, contacts, calendar etc.
Who cares what the rendering tech is? Only Web designers and anal retentive people; everybody else just wants a browser experience, and doesn't give a shit. Honestly.
If only WebKit apps are permitted that means they're paying attention to securing just WebKit, which is good from my perspective even as a developer that supports open-source. I'm betting that in the future Android will be the Windows of yesteryear, where the first thing you do is install a virus scanner. Apple is selling me on closed platforms so far.
What I'm taking away from this paragraph is that you're a developer who supports open source software, but not a developer who supports Free Software. Am I right?