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Apples actions speak for themselves:

- They don’t allow Flash on their devices.  Very knowledgeable and cynical people I’ve spoken with have given me a flavor of why.  There are so many free Flash games now where the owners of the handset and OS wouldn’t be able to have a cut in the revenue if they were widely distributed on iPhones.  In stead, you have to go through the Apple gatekeeper and pay an Apple toll to develop applications for their phones.  This isn’t open innovation.  This is a return to the carrier mindset.  People like Fred Wilson have written about this topic (and gotten attacked – so I’m prepared for it!)
- They control the approval process for new apps.  Anything they don’t like – they have absolute veto power.  Full stop.
- Example – the Google Voice kerfuffle.  We’ll never really know why Apple has blocked Google Voice.
- Want an iPhone but live in Brentwood like Mark Suster does?  Well you’ll have ZERO bars.  So you don’t have an option.  Why does iPhone only come on the AT&T network?  Because AT&T has given Apple the most lucrative deal of all the operators and pays handsomely to maintain this exclusivity.  In an open and free world this shouldn’t happen.  It’s total bollocks.

I am a software developer, and i have developed apps for the Palm and Pocket PC platforms. And looking at how iPhone apps have to go through now, i don't think it's worth a shot. Seriously, it's only a matter of time before Apple's strategy breaks apart. I know, it's going to be a while given the Apple craziness now, but as a software developer for life, i'm willing to wait. :D