> There has never been a mobile platform that allowed desktop level freedom to install whatever you wanted. Erm. I developed apps for Nokia and Blackberry with

> There has never been a mobile platform that allowed desktop level freedom to install whatever you wanted. Erm. I developed apps for Nokia and Blackberry without a hitch. The restricted walled garden became popular with apple. It took off because, although the developer requirements were very constrained (as they still are), there was a very large swathe of users. I was 'forced' to join because my clients were bankers and traders jumping ship from blackberry. Then came ms and goog with their 'ecosystem' of stores.