Not bundling Python 2.x certainly makes sense, but that doesn't mean they should be dismissing bundling Python 3. Updating the runtimes is the only thing that makes sense...every other UNIX-like system does exactly that.
The issue, I believe, comes to when you have to ship to the end-user. In my experiencing, installing runtimes on Apple is not a piece of cake by default. A lot of non-tech-savvy users won't be willing to follow a long process to get some weird thing called (say) "Python" installed, just so they're able to run software. It's not like on Windows, where you only have to run a simple installer script...unless something has profoundly changed in the past year on the Apple ecosystem?
Now, sure, you can bundle the runtime, but this is an additional Apple-targeted packaging step that can be a pain in the butt for the developer.
It's practically impossible (although not technically) for Apple to block these languages from the platform altogether. The way I see it, this is the strongest action they can cook up a psuedo-justification of, wherein they discourage use of the language.
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Not bundling Python 2.x certainly makes sense, but that doesn't mean they should be dismissing bundling Python 3. Updating the runtimes is the only thing that makes sense...every other UNIX-like system does exactly that.
The issue, I believe, comes to when you have to ship to the end-user. In my experiencing, installing runtimes on Apple is not a piece of cake by default. A lot of non-tech-savvy users won't be willing to follow a long process to get some weird thing called (say) "Python" installed, just so they're able to run software. It's not like on Windows, where you only have to run a simple installer script...unless something has profoundly changed in the past year on the Apple ecosystem?
Now, sure, you can bundle the runtime, but this is an additional Apple-targeted packaging step that can be a pain in the butt for the developer.
It's practically impossible (although not technically) for Apple to block these languages from the platform altogether. The way I see it, this is the strongest action they can cook up a psuedo-justification of, wherein they discourage use of the language.