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"Apple’s goal isn’t to make money. Our goal is to design and develop and bring to market good products…" Doesn't sound in-line with blocking google voice apps.

• wglb 17y ago
  But isn't that possibly a result of their agreement with at&t?
  • jpwagner 17y ago
    That's a good point, but if it's the case, Apple was not forthcoming about that. I believe the statement said something about "duplicated functionality."
  • jcl 17y ago
    Which is another thing I'm curious about... How does their agreement with AT&T help the end-user experience? It seems there are plenty of people who would be happy to use another carrier. And, in other countries, you can apparently buy unlocked phones from Apple. So the agreement with AT&T seems to be more about making money than about making great products...
    • dsturnbull2205 17y ago
      Probably a combination of that and three other important things: a) compromise on things like this in order to gain bigger freedoms, namely, the App Store - carriers are usually getting a cut, but not in this case b) poor consumer protection in the US - carrier unlocking is, at least in some countries, required by law c) (related to above) young, immature mobile market in the US