> The iPod wasn’t a success because of the walled garden. They didn’t have one (once they released on Windows). My reading of the upthread comments is that peo

> The iPod wasn’t a success because of the walled garden. They didn’t have one (once they released on Windows). My reading of the upthread comments is that people are saying a walled garden isn't necessary, and using the iPod as an example of Apple's success before it had a walled garden. No one is saying that they had a walled garden back then. They did have a built-in audience (Mac users), but that is different from a walled garden. On iOS, they can prevent app devs from accessing their hardware in the same way they can, effectively neutering their efficiency.