I agree. I strongly dislike Apples locked down ecosystem and many of their offerings, but there can be no doubting that their success has been great for the in

I agree. I strongly dislike Apples locked down ecosystem and many of their offerings, but there can be no doubting that their success has been great for the industry. It's broken the MS monopoly (which has had beneficial side effects for linux too), encouraged companies to make products that aim for better than the lowest common denominator, brought UX front and center, recreated the small team of developers making software that lots of people can buy dynamic, encouraged the open web, etc. As long as we have healthy competition for these marketplaces, I don't worry about the future too much.