Let me repost what I wrote elsewhere in this thread:
The point is not that the App Store isn't an online service (although I would argue that it more "relies on" an online service), but that its role as part of the OS supersedes that.
I can't go back and edit my comment now, but to make it more clear I probably should have written something like:
> I strongly disagree that the iOS App Store should be treated as ___only___ an "internet service" rather than...
It's certainly multiple things, but some things take precedent. If Apple allowed people to install third-party App Stores, then the freedom would take precedent and nobody would be throwing rocks at them.
The point is not that the App Store isn't an online service (although I would argue that it more "relies on" an online service), but that its role as part of the OS supersedes that.
I can't go back and edit my comment now, but to make it more clear I probably should have written something like:
> I strongly disagree that the iOS App Store should be treated as ___only___ an "internet service" rather than...