I didn't mean you specifically were attacking Apple. What I meant, and what my point was, is that Apple is attacked for keeping control of it's platform, but no

I didn't mean you specifically were attacking Apple. What I meant, and what my point was, is that Apple is attacked for keeping control of it's platform, but now we see what happens when one doesn't. Your gun analogy doesn't fit. Google doesn't control their distributor so the product they make may never see the light of day. It's not about someone using Google's free offering to injure someone, but rather taking it, making their own (inferior) creation and passing that off as Android. I welcome competition in the space to be sure, but people screaming about Apple keeping control of their product (would you expect anything else from Steve Jobs?) are missing the point IMO.