I don't know why anyone would expect it to be another way. I don't mind Apple's walled garden, but still, it's a walled garden and this restriction fits pretty

I don't know why anyone would expect it to be another way. I don't mind Apple's walled garden, but still, it's a walled garden and this restriction fits pretty well with the shrewd concept of that garden. Related: Amazon restricts sellers in their site's (not app) marketplace from sending links to an external website, for fear of letting someone buy a product through another site. When I was selling books on Amazon for a book store, we'd get many requests through Amazon from customers asking to see our store's website, or asking if they could visit our store, and I learned pretty quickly that the only answer I could give and not get into trouble with Amazon was "I'd like to answer that but Amazon doesn't allow me to". Sometimes if I were feeling bold, I'd suggest that the customer google our store's name for more info.