That only works because you assert Apple wants to lock users in. You must not have much experience in computing. Pretty much every [1] platform provider seeks

That only works because you assert Apple wants to lock users in. You must not have much experience in computing. Pretty much every [1] platform provider seeks lock-in. Google seeks it just as much as everyone else, their primary platform just happens to be their web services and not a specific OS. Microsoft and Symbian and RIM do as well, of course, and presumably HP/Palm would as well if they had any customers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vendor_lock-in#Apple_Inc http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vendor_lock-in#Apple_Inc. [1] Save for, perhaps, a few co-dependent open source platforms.