If they limit the ease of porting apps to and from platforms, they are hurting developers' ability to develop cross-platform apps. Since currently the iPhone has more users than Android (not to mention WinMo and Palm) it makes sense that they'll develop for iPhone first.
However, looking at the graphs of rising Android use, this could backfire if Android overtakes Apple for smartphone OS ubiquity. If devs continue going where the users are, and Apple makes it difficult to develop cross-platform, Apple had better maintain its lead...
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