Such arguments make sense only if the iTunes Store wasn't the only way to distribute apps on iOS. I do hope they continue doing whatever they do, because such

Such arguments make sense only if the iTunes Store wasn't the only way to distribute apps on iOS. I do hope they continue doing whatever they do, because such measures are really indefensible no matter how you try to rationalize it and this way developers and consumers alike are waking up to the fact that walled gardens are really a bad idea that will hurt us in the long term much more than anything Apple ever brought to the table and that the open web, for all its warts, is a much better platform.