FTC denies request for documents on Adobe complaint, confirms investigation of Apple's SDK rules?

Sure, Apple and Adobe aren't the best of friends, but their disagreement goes a little further than mild distaste. Apple moved to ban iOS apps not written through its own developer framework (SDK), which more or less killed off Adobe's iPhone Flash developer tools. Adobe in turn issued a complaint to the FTC, a complaint that Wired requested a copy of under the Freedom of Information Act. The release of that complaint was denied on the grounds that "disclosure of that material could reasonably be expected to interfere with the conduct of the Commission's law enforcement activities." That is another strong indication that the FTC is currently investigating Apple and deciding whether the company is acting properly by preventing third-party access to its iOS devices. What's next? We likely won't hear anything until the FTC makes up its mind, and even then only if it decides Apple isn't playing as nice as it should be.

[Ice Cream Man Posted Aug 10th 2010 3:02PM]

What Adobe and other nerds need to get through their thick heads is that Apple doesn't have to include any scripting format they don't want to include. You use iPhone voluntarily, you use XCode voluntarily, and develop for those platforms voluntarily. Capitalism never was and never will be democratic! Fact of the matter is you have to use what the maker dictates on ALL platforms unless you code something for yourself. Every platform has rules, some of which are more flexible than others. You may as well bits at Chevrolet for not making their gas powered cars compatible with those solar panels you just bought. Or for forcing you to fuel up at fossil fuel stations instead of supporting fossil fuel and electric charging stations. Fact of the matters is Apple makes a product, and if you don't like it DON'T BUY IT!