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I still think comparing the App Store to physical stores is a flawed analogy: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1272433 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1

I still think comparing the App Store to physical stores is a flawed analogy: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1272433 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1272433 Jobs emphasizes this by pointing out that Android (or, non-Apple) is the only option available for mobile software if you disagree with Apple's app store policies. Why not allow people to download/install apps outside the App Store? They do own the phone, right?

fierarul 17y ago
>They do own the phone, right? That's just a technicality. They own the phone but for Apple it's more like a subscription: people will buy apps from Apple's AppStore, buy accessories that need Apple's approval (and where Apple gets a cut) and after maximum 3 years upgrade to the next Apple piece of hardware. So the phone purchase isn't an atomic purchase, it's more like the first downpayment to "the Apple experience".