Agreed, and I don't take issue with Doctorow's position. My point is that plenty of developers and consumers seem to rather like the App Store model. And I ca

Agreed, and I don't take issue with Doctorow's position. My point is that plenty of developers and consumers seem to rather like the App Store model. And I can see how that won't change, at least for developers. Yes, you pay $100 a year, and yes, Apple ultimately decides if your app is worthy, but for a lot of devs, this is actually a win, as they don't have to market their software.