I don't view it this way at all. There are plenty of valid reasons for the steps that Apple has taken. It's difficult to make a really great product when you have lots of difference constituencies you have to worry about as you move forward. Constraining the variables helps ensure you can deliver a good product with finite resources. It's only about control in the sense that they need to exert a certain amount of control to ensure the product isn't crushed by the weight of its own success and that they can continue to deliver a great end user experience.<div>
<br></div><div>Btw, there is a pretty vibrant jailbreak community where you can run whatever you want on the devices.<div><br></div><div>- Stephen<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 6:55 PM, Igor Stasenko <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:siguctua@gmail.com">siguctua@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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</div></div>I found it a bit depressive. I can do one little conclusion from it:<br>
It sounds like only Steve Jobs reserves the right to make great<br>
things, while others should sit and wait, until he will generously<br>
allow them to use it. It also seems like all developers in the world,<br>
already stamped by his “THIS IS S___!” red stamp, without even<br>
noticed. So, no matter what they do, or how great their ideas is, its<br>
worthless, because Great Steve didn't blessed it.<br>
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So, i feel a big disdain, because the above shows only an egocentric,<br>
childish and ill-minded nature of Apple's head.<br>
- Hear plebs, a made a new iThing for you. Eat my flesh, drink my blood.<br></blockquote></div></div></div>