Looking forward to 2010

If Apple had enforced a straightforward apps policy, you'd be right. There would only be a small fringe grumbling about the fact that "Apple has too much control over iPhone apps". The 'gilded cage' that iPhone users are in would have been completely invisible to them.

Instead, millions of people got introduced to the concept that "Apple controls your iPhone".

- Apple decided to de-list some approved apps and delete the app off of people's phones.

- Apple rejected the app of a popular band with millions of fans, (worse, Apple changed their minds and approved the app because of the protests. This caused people dig up more dirt on the "Apple has too much control" story.)
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