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Youre making reductive assertions on my comment.

I’m neither defending nor explaining Apples actions. Just adding commentary on why the App Store exists.

Also you’re getting cause and effect the wrong way around. Plenty of businesses have made 10s of billions based on happy accidents. Just because Apple now makes a mint from the App Store, it doesn’t mean it was part of their original vision for the iPhone.



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