>And what percentage of users do you think ever check that, or even know it's there to check?

It does not matter. The functionality is there. If a user can't figure it out then they have other problems that having a smartphone won't fix for them.

>No it's not, the app store disallows arbitrary code execution.

You mean Javascript interpreters inside a web browser? lol. You mean like Safari is allowed to do? So only Apple can allow Apple apps to do this? I'm not sure you're thinking this through. Apples rule is a made-up rule designed to keep competition out, and force developers to write native apps so Apple can extort the developers by taking a percentage of purchases made through the native app.

>Yes there is -- JavaScript.

That's the dumbest possible argument you could make. Javascript has been very much sandboxed and secure for a very long time. There have been flaws in Safari that allowed remote code execution had nothing to do with Javascript, so good luck moving that goalpost somewhere else.

>...by Safari. It wouldn't be if you allowed any developer to write their own JavaScript interpreter as part of their own browser.

I'm not recommending my users use H@ck0rbR0Ws3R, I'm recommending they use Google Chrome, specifically because it supports the APIs my company needs to use for our product (on Android at least).

Okay Tim Apple, the DOJ is coming for you. You can explain this all to them when they come knocking, and they will.