Apple's gotten away with inexplicable mental gymnastics on locking down the app store. For those who don't remember, prior to the iPhone, one didn't need the bl

Apple's gotten away with inexplicable mental gymnastics on locking down the app store. For those who don't remember, prior to the iPhone, one didn't need the blessing of the hardware maker to run the software of your choice on the computer. But Apple turned that fundamental tenet if freedom on it's head.