Comment by ceejayoz

> We can take their needs into consideration

Yes, I agree, and I said exactly that.

> Should Gucci have to sell Coach handbags? Should Ford have to sell Toyotas?

If Gucci was a Walmart, then yes. If Walmart claimed to be a grocery store, and exclusively served only Walmart goods, that's a problem.

There's a difference between a brand and a marketplace. Apple is a brand. The App Store is a marketplace. The marketplace should be relatively free, in the market sense.

In addition, these are general computation devices. Some people disagree, I don't care, they're obviously wrong. It's not like a washing machine. These are supposed to be for general software and computing purposes, much like your PC. But they aren't, because unlike your PC, they are nonfree.

The bigger thing that I'm kind of hinting at is: we are not trapped into some make believe structure we have to live by. You think Apple shouldn't open their app store. That's just a belief, and one I reject. We can, and should, force their hand. We do it ALLLL the time with corporations, it's very common.

Just because things have worked one way, doesn't mean they should continue to work that way. We can change things at any time, if it is for the better. If we decided we should pass legislation to force Guccie to also sell Prada, then sure. I say why the fuck not? If that's what consumers want, then we should do it. The consumer is king. I give less than zero fucks what Apple wants. If it hurts Apple's bottom line, I still don't care. In fact, I'd argue that if we're hurting Apple's bottom line then we're probably doing something right. I will always side with the consumer 100% of the time.