[kristianp]

Apple has always been strong on protecting whatever competitive advantage it holds, whether it be from hardware clones or third party payment apps.

However, outrage is what it takes to get them to give ground. Take the ban on cross compilers and interpreters in apps for instance. It took substantial protest and outrage to get them to ease the restrictions.

http://allthingsd.com/20100614/apple-gives-ios-developers-a-...