How can he reconciliate these views with this spec, which he is the main author of? Surely Ben sees the parallels?
He writes: "Apple’s strategy with this is obvious, and it clearly works, but it still greatly upsets me that I couldn’t just build an app with my linux laptop. If I want the app to persist for longer than a month, and to make it easy for friends to install, I had to pay $99 for a developer account. Come on Apple, I know you want people to use the app story but this is just a little cruel. I basically have to pay $99 a year now just to keep using my little app."
It's honestly comical and a little sad.
[1]: http://benwiser.com/blog/I-just-spent-%C2%A3700-to-have-my-o...