Is MonoTouch now dead in the water?

I don't agree with the conclusion here. If you're using MonoTouch you should panic. You should be looking at backup plans and asking yourself whether you can use web apps.<p>Because even if Apple decides not to drop the bomb today they might tomorrow or the next day. You're living on borrowed time if you use MonoTouch. It's not fair but it's true.

I can't believe we even have to have this conversation. It's absurd. There really isn't any other way to put it.<p>I feel wrong about having an iPhone now. I feel dirty.

" MonoTouch apps have very little evidence that they were created with MonoTouch"<p>Maybe that's fine for a small independent developer to take that risk. Some big organization with lawyers will not do this, and a startup probably will not either.<p>"Applications must be originally written in Objective-C, C, C++"<p>I don't think Apple can get more clear than this. This is referring to your application.<p>"Applications that link to Documented APIs through an intermediary translation or compatibility layer or tool are prohibited"<p>Yes this bans MonoTouch.

And all this time everyone thought Microsoft was the big threat to Mono.

Really good point mentioned by the author, "Apparently every game produced by EA on the App Store would be in violation of the terms due to the fact they use Lua for scripting."<p>Does Apple really expect EA to select a new scripting language for their games or block scripting/add-ons on the iPhone/Pad versions?