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Originally Posted by RockdaMan
Not really the definition of open and not really true about apps either.
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No it is not, however it is way closer than iOS to being open.
Regarding this whole service charge, you are right that they have a right to charge for a service whoever forcing publishers and others to use their services after these not being required for so many years is wrong (since iPhone not just iPad). Apple forgets that what makes the iPad and iPhone compelling are the apps. For some this service may be good but for others it won't. I have never considered owning an apple device for many reasons but mainly for their way of doing business and this just confirms it.
Android may not be open from the strict definition but it is far more accessible than apple and like someone else said, that is what made Windows beat Apple as the dominating desktop OS in spite of being on inferior hardware and being an inferior software.