If you remember, with the release of iOS 4.0, Apple forbade developers to use programs other than XCode to make applications for iDevices, and if the applications were made in other programs and then converted into the format accepted by Apple, then they were rejected from the AppStore. With this measure, Apple hit Adobe directly before the release of Adobe Creative Suite 5, which contained a program that allowed developers to make applications for iOS and then convert them into the format accepted by Apple. Last month the US Federal Trade Commission began to investigate the measures taken by Apple to see if they contravene US law. Recently the EU appointed a commission that will join the investigation started in the USA, the results and decisions taken following this investigation will be subject to a debate by the EU commission.
Apple has always had a tough policy regarding the applications accepted in the AppStore and has strictly checked the way they are made. Apple motivated the refusal to use flash technology by the fact that it causes problems for iDevices, requires a lot of resources and drastically reduces battery life. I don't know how much longer Apple wants to keep it this way, but it seems that they won't be left to bother themselves too much.
