>I guess I just don't understand why Apple needs to put things in place to allow you to work with companies you don't want to work with. What's not to understa

>I guess I just don't understand why Apple needs to put things in place to allow you to work with companies you don't want to work with. What's not to understand? Apple is selling you the phone. Its in Apple's interest to put as many features on the phone as potential buyers might be interested in. Allowing the owner's of a device to control access to different parts of a device rather than 3rd party software is not just good business practice, its common sense.