>* That is a weak workaround. There real solution is to fully recognize that information is power, and to have a separation of powers similar to the three power

>* That is a weak workaround. There real solution is to fully recognize that information is power, and to have a separation of powers similar to the three powers of Montesquieu's. Hardware companies should no be allowed to make or sell or control software. Software companies should not be allowed to produce, sell or control hardware* One problem is that if that weren't allowed, we'd probably never have the app in the first place... The app was made for THAT platform, for THAT store and for THAT hardware product. Now, one can assume but we would have gotten something like the iPhone eventually anyway, but if you see what the hardware-first companies were shipping at the time of the iPhone's launch, that might have taken 5-10 more years. I don't mean it could only happen by Apple: just that it could only happen by a process of building things where hardware+software are given equal importance, and ONE entity calls the shots for both.