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>> Point is, you can download an app that works better for you if you're not happy with Maps anymore, just like you could with all of the other built in Apple software.

Unless it “duplicate features that come with the iPhone” (http://m.techcrunch.com/2009/07/27/apple-is-growing-rotten-t...) or requires its own rendering engine (http://www.afterdawn.com/news/article.cfm/2008/11/02/opera_m...) or competes with a profitable arm of Apple (http://m.lifehacker.com/5614752/grooveshark-iphone-app-pulle...)



None of those things apply anymore.


They don't? I thought you still couldn't run your own JIT-capable JS implementation on iOS.


That's because "executes arbitrary code" is still a reason for rejection, unlike "duplicates core functionality."


Not because Apple has changed their policy, but because people found workarounds or Apple made exceptions.




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