Re: Cynical
in some cases, existing anti-trust laws prevent you from owning everything from one end to the other, such that "fair competition" can exist
And I do not believe that iOS devices being locked into ONLY "the apple store" is in any way REMOTELY close to "a fair playing field" when they dominate WAY too much of it like this. [so maybe some anti-trust action is due?]
But, thus far, Apple has "gotten away with it".
After all, it's their bat, their ball, their field, and their rules. Wanna play? Oh, and fork over money for the developer kit, you'll need one of THOSE, too... For each type of OS. And if you don't like it, go home. YOU can't play!
/me NOT an i-thing developer for that reason, among others
(Android, on the other hand, doesn't require "The Store", and the dev kit is FREE last I checked)
Biting the hand that feeds IT
