> Isn't this going to try and turn iPhones into general purpose computing devices? Currently they're much more locked down than that. They already are general

> Isn't this going to try and turn iPhones into general purpose computing devices? Currently they're much more locked down than that. They already are general purpose computing devices, the restrictions on how the general purpose software (apps) interact with the hardware in no-way negates that fact same with the restrictions on how you get the general purpose software (app-store). At the end of the day an iPhone is nothing more than a portable a computer, it's as simple as that.