> I've never understood the problem with (L)GPL code on iOS devices. Sure, users don't have the possibility to replace the code on that platform. But the restriction is not imposed by the people distributing the code, but by external circumstances (Apple).

That seems very forest-for-the-trees. It's true, but it mistakes a micro-statement of a problem (the app vendor isn't "at fault" for the LGPL violation) with the actual problem (copyleft code of any kind is effectively impossible on the most popular mobile platform in the industrial world).

The bottom line is that it's not possible to distribute a binary containing *GPL code on iOS in any way remotely in keeping with the letter of the license. People do it anyway because this code is important and useful. But Apple has effectively banned the license and that's always going to lead to friction like this.