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Originally Posted by FanIn80
Exactly why I don't get this whole "anti-trust" thing. This is nothing like what MS did in the 90s. Not even close.
Apple makes their own hardware, runs their own software and hosts their own application service. If you want to develop for their hardware and software, then you have to do it through their application service. Just because a lot of people use iPhones, it doesn't change the game at all. People are getting a little too carried away with the monopoly thing.
Even if I wasn't an Apple user, I still wouldn't have an issue with this.
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Actually, this is a little like Microsoft in the 90's. Microsoft was trying to make it hard(er) for other companies to produce applications (browsers) for Windows and Apple has made it impossible for other companies to do the same unless they do it in the way Apple says is ok. They disallow some applications that duplicate things like phone usage on the iPhone so that people must use the services they provide.
This doesn't mean they are guilty of any sort of anti-trust violations though, not by a long shot. It is the same thing as Nintendo not letting people make certain types of games for the Wii. Apple is selling an entire product from begining to end, an entire user experience. If they don't want x application to run on thier hardware/software then they shouldn't be forced to.