Can I give it to my friend to try on his phone without jumping through a million hoops every week or so? Because I can just send him an apk file via whatsapp without paying anyone a dime.
Or let's take a step back: Can I develop the app without buying a $1000 macbook? You can develop for android using any platform. Apple's build tools are limited to only work on macos.
While true, I think you need to make an argument that those issues are specifically anti-innovation.
Really tho I think we collectively use that term whenever it suits us, without much clarity on what innovative outcomes actually are. We need a better definition and better yardsticks.
Of course there are many different things that can aid or hurt innovation. I believe that one of the things that aids innovation is accessibility to a wide spread of developers of all ages, so measures that make this more difficult hurt innovation.
