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Originally Posted by JimOfferman  Apple wants the ability to control the quality of the user experience on the iPhone - not the same thing.
I disagree. This seems to be working out pretty well for game consoles. Most cell phones on the market - especially the six year old models - are also pretty much closed systems.
"Open" doesn't necessarily mean "better". |
It's true that open doesn't mean it's better, but it doesn't mean its worse neither, and it also means that it can be made better, by the people who don't like it, and who can do something about it.
Closed doesn't mean it's superior neither. There is so much closed "crap", and even worse, nothing can be done about it.
It also doesn't mean that if one specific model is working,(closed game consoles) that other models are worse.
Apple wants to control the user experience, yes, but they also want evil overlord world domination !! (just kidding, but they do want to have a little bit too much control, and that is never gonna work(see MS))