Of course they could be separated. What I'm saying is that considering that some of the apps are not completely sandboxed, the simplest decision to make is to j

Of course they could be separated. What I'm saying is that considering that some of the apps are not completely sandboxed, the simplest decision to make is to just keep all of them. Plus, it helps Apple's branding: as long as they're not forced into separating the apps and the APIs, like Microsoft was, they won't.