Yet…people keep forgetting that Apple can enable a lot of this stuff. They currently choose not to, but they can. Given their history, they certainly will when

Yet…people keep forgetting that Apple can enable a lot of this stuff. They currently choose not to, but they can. Given their history, they certainly will when they feel that it's an appropriate time to do so (technology, usability, user experience, and necessary competitive advantage). Apple is experimenting with its closed model, and there's a lot of people who don't like it, but it's always easier to open a closed model than to close an excessively opened one (see also "Windows viruses").