> if they tomorrow decided to open up iOS to non-App-Store apps, it wouldn't impact the quality of curation on the iOS App Store Yes, it would. Developers who

> if they tomorrow decided to open up iOS to non-App-Store apps, it wouldn't impact the quality of curation on the iOS App Store Yes, it would. Developers who are today forced to go through the app store would self publish rather than use the app store. Whether or not they use this power well is a different question but there is no question that opening up other distribution channels would directly impact the app store, (which is a huge part of the value add for an iOS device to me)