I don't understand what freedom stands for anymore. I don't trust the FSF after they started grandstanding on topics that made no sense.
Apple making an update that breaks apps isn't the fault of the app developers, or the app. The measures they suggested are completely useless if nobody wants to update or make a gpl 3 or even a horrible gpl 2 app. Suppose they do, they're supposed to pay the apple fee every year and "sell" it for free?
I'm not sure what the article wants besides bad press for companies that went bankrupt?
You know you can still sell a piece of software even if it is open source? Especially on iOS, you can't get software onto your phone unless it is published on the app store so just like you said, whoever is paying that publishing fee is going to charge users to install the app.
Or you don't even have to sell the software at all. If I had a piece of software that I needed to live, if it was OSS at least I could pay a dev to maintain it so I don't die...
Apple making an update that breaks apps isn't the fault of the app developers, or the app. The measures they suggested are completely useless if nobody wants to update or make a gpl 3 or even a horrible gpl 2 app. Suppose they do, they're supposed to pay the apple fee every year and "sell" it for free?
I'm not sure what the article wants besides bad press for companies that went bankrupt?