I think this is a good thing. Problem with these distribution channels is that more popular they get Apple might be tempted to make it the "only" channel eventu

I think this is a good thing. Problem with these distribution channels is that more popular they get Apple might be tempted to make it the "only" channel eventually dictating to us what software we can use and can not much similar to iPhone. Of course what worked for iPhone would not have worked for Mac and hence there was no incentive for Apple to make Mac Store popular. Apple cares little about developers, it cares about itself.