The article exaggerates a lot. Denying users to have a browser other than Safari does not make iOS a better platform. Safari(and other similar apps) is not the

The article exaggerates a lot. Denying users to have a browser other than Safari does not make iOS a better platform. Safari(and other similar apps) is not the best there is, the there ever was and the best there ever will be. Someone may create a way better browser then Safari at any time. There is something we call competition in a free market. Example: when only IE was relevant, Microsoft couldn't care less about making IE better, but when things started to heat up, Microsoft took up the challenge and made IE a lot better. Apple shipping a default browser and whatnot is good, but not letting developers compete with them is terrible. Here is an example when Apple was forced to relax it's restrictions: http://my.opera.com/community/countup/ http://my.opera.com/community/countup/