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Originally Posted by psicodude

So, without entering into an iOS vs Android flame war, it was very obvious that Apple is eating the lunch of a bunch of huge apps. Whatsapp, snapchat, 3rd party keyboards (pretending Apple allowed this), are all going to die on iOS. Is this a smart move on Apple's part? Do they risk having some developers pull out of the platform, or are they just huge enough that they don't care and developers will still come knocking?

It's a stark contrast to Google and their "build the foundation and let the app developers make it awesome" approach. Android has had some bumps and bruises with this model, obviously, with malware and crappy apps giving them a bad name.

To be honest, I see good and bad in both models.

Apple does this all the time. There's even a term for it. It's called being "Sherlocked'.

http://www.cocoanetics.com/2011/06/o...ng-sherlocked/