Even if Apple wins in court, they lose even more with a developer community that is still threatening to leave them for Android due to Apple's heavy handed treatment.

But why is this such a pickle to the average person? Because Apple produces closed computer devices. Apple generates huge markup by overpricing their hardware.

I have nothing against Apple doing their thing. If someone wants to pay their prices that's just fine, but in the “free market” that we are supposed to have, Apple's license agreements should not forbid competition.

I have no doubt that if Microsoft made a computer, and required that it was the only computer allowed to run Windows – that they would be accused of a hardware monopoly.

The days of a single hardware/software vendor are long past. Everyone wants interoperability, rather than one size fits all.