Time for Apple to open up the iPhone →

Jason Snell, from Macworld:

These days, when I talk to people who are not immersed in the minutiae of the technology industry, I notice a troubling trend: They tend to speak about Apple’s products with some affection, but it’s increasingly tempered with assumptions that the devices are largely incompatible with competing technologies.

In other words, Apple’s getting a reputation

Been noticing this as well.

The weird thing is, people have issues with Flash not being available (which I’m fine with), but not with the walled-garden control of the AppStore (which I’m not).