Strictly speaking this is still true, though a Hackintosh isn't hard to setup.
> Closed minds : iPhone SDK policies states that you cannot share what you are making with your fellow
I think something is lost in translation here. You can certainly share code, there is loads of it on github. Perhaps the author is talking about the core iOS source...?
> No choice in language and tools
This may have been true in 2010 but it is not true now, you can write iOS apps in Ruby, Swift, Objective-C, C# and a few other languages. There is also the excellent App Code IDE if you don't like Xcode.
> Big boss has to approve your application in order to reach the users
Sort of, ad-hoc distribution is an option (though a pain in the ass). But if you want to write an app for 10 of your friends, or whatever, you can do so without going through the App Store.
But its a markedly inferior experience to write iOS apps in those non Apple approved languages. That's like saying Linux is easy to install on your Windows laptop, except the machine doesn't hibernate when you close the lid and the battery life has been halved.
> Develop in their own hardware and OS
Strictly speaking this is still true, though a Hackintosh isn't hard to setup.
> Closed minds : iPhone SDK policies states that you cannot share what you are making with your fellow
I think something is lost in translation here. You can certainly share code, there is loads of it on github. Perhaps the author is talking about the core iOS source...?
> No choice in language and tools
This may have been true in 2010 but it is not true now, you can write iOS apps in Ruby, Swift, Objective-C, C# and a few other languages. There is also the excellent App Code IDE if you don't like Xcode.
> Big boss has to approve your application in order to reach the users
Sort of, ad-hoc distribution is an option (though a pain in the ass). But if you want to write an app for 10 of your friends, or whatever, you can do so without going through the App Store.