[not_an_alien]

I think it’s a stretch to say that Jobs is “deciding what content people can view on the iPhone and iPad.”

That made me stop reading the article right away.

[pohl]

I agree that it's a stretch.

Nothing prevents me from pointing the browser where I want to, or from syncing over any audio file, or movie, or ePub book that I want to.

The only thing they're curating is the contents of the shelves of their own store, and this is nothing that brick-and-mortar stores don't do every day.

Sure, I can't get my boob-jiggling app approved. But I also can't shoot amateur porn and get it on the shelves at Blockbuster.

[confuzatron]

Good point. If you dont like Apple's app store policies, just shop at one of the other iPad app stores. Simple.

[pohl]

Exactly. Like some Android market.

Edited per below

[smokinn]

You forgot the s on Android markets.

Unlike Apple, there's more than just the default.