[cykros]

I'm perfectly okay with removal of whatever from the app stores. The issue is locking a device to one particular app store in the first place. For some reason people keep giving these lunatics money -- but perhaps if they overplay their hand and get more restrictive of what content they allow, a sane market response can provide the more sensible solution.

Google has the Play Store, and it doesn't allow content it doesn't agree with, but at the end of the day, I can go grab it from F-droid or wherever else it may be hosted. The idea that you have to force your users into your walled garden, rather than offering it and treating them like the adults that, you know, OWN the device, is despicable. There are plenty of things about iPhones that at times appear superior (such as not relying as heavily on the advertising model), but at the end of the day, this persistent hostility towards customers is why I will not buy a single thing from this company.