Yep, and you can do anything you want to it! That doesn't mean that Apple or Nintendo or Steam has to do things that support your specific use case. Of course g

Yep, and you can do anything you want to it! That doesn't mean that Apple or Nintendo or Steam has to do things that support your specific use case. Of course governments can regulate things, but that applies to any industry or product. > Malls The mall analogy doesn't work well because Apple isn't a mall in this case but more like a Wal-Mart. They aim to own the entire experience including the distribution of applications on the device. In the mall analogy Apple would own the mall and then each store could be viewed as an app that they allow in the mall. Malls also limit what stores/apps can operate in them and have lots of rules. Where I live one of our more prominent malls requires tenants who are renting space at the mall to completely refresh the space or vacate after a certain number of years. Malls can arbitrarily raise rent and operating fees on the various shops within them too.