I see no difference... it's two sides of the same coin. Are they intentionally screwing developers' access to APIs to prevent competition to their own apps? o

I see no difference... it's two sides of the same coin. Are they intentionally screwing developers' access to APIs to prevent competition to their own apps? or are they limiting the APIs to ensure revenue streams for telcos, to ensure the platform lives on. Both are business decisions (and therefore always justifiable), but neither are interesting to a hackers or a consumer. The latter two want the ability to do magical things, and can't.