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Originally Posted by Rathji
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.
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That's a actually a good point, and it's similar to the IE thing in the 90s. They've loosened up a bit though. They're allowing other browsers on the phone, and they're even allowing phone apps (like Skype) to work over 3G etc.
I'm still holding out hope that they allow for another media player. One that plays some other codecs, though I know that's wishful thinking.