I had a pretty detailed discussion with iOS engineers at a WWDC a couple of years back. It was a somewhat frustrating conversation, mostly because of how badly I wanted true user generated Framework support, but also because the engineers had decent reasons for the existing state of things. Primarily that Frameworks (in their fullest expression) are dynamically loaded.
Apple has made a decision that allowing 3rd parties to dynamically load code (outside of Apple certified frameworks) is a security issue on a mobile platform in particular. I don't have a solid counter argument, although there are certainly some technical constraints they could put in place to help mitigate the risk.
Anyway, agree with your essay in general. But I also understand how we got here.
Apple has made a decision that allowing 3rd parties to dynamically load code (outside of Apple certified frameworks) is a security issue on a mobile platform in particular. I don't have a solid counter argument, although there are certainly some technical constraints they could put in place to help mitigate the risk.
Anyway, agree with your essay in general. But I also understand how we got here.
Cheers