Wait. Are you all seriously arguing/considering that the barrier is something like "innovation" or "UX" or "hard work at improving the OS?" Like seriously? C

Wait. Are you all seriously arguing/considering that the barrier is something like "innovation" or "UX" or "hard work at improving the OS?" Like seriously? Come on. By now we should know what actually happens. The entrenched carriers will fight tooth and nail to prevent this. That's the real threat. It will look like the above, but like e.g. Google lying about why it got rid of Google Reader, the real story will be "monopolies gonna monopolize."