Looks like Apple PR found the story and they issued another update:
Updated 3:15 PM: Apple says "software updates will most likely break" native apps as they go forwards.
I have a feeling that that's what they think they "have" to say, just to make absolutely sure that no one gets pissed if their apps do happen to break.
I have to admit that it's very encouraging to know that (at least someone in the company, at least for now, etc.) expressed what seems to be a genuine position that they won't go out of their way to break them, which is a great sign.
Of course, "great" is relative, and if you look at it objectively it's hardly the kind of embrace of openness that I'd like to see, but perhaps it's the first step in the right direction.
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I have a feeling that that's what they think they "have" to say, just to make absolutely sure that no one gets pissed if their apps do happen to break.
I have to admit that it's very encouraging to know that (at least someone in the company, at least for now, etc.) expressed what seems to be a genuine position that they won't go out of their way to break them, which is a great sign.
Of course, "great" is relative, and if you look at it objectively it's hardly the kind of embrace of openness that I'd like to see, but perhaps it's the first step in the right direction.