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I highly doubt this will be approved. There is no way Apple is letting a third party come and play on their turf in the mobile browser market. Not to mention this would mean Apple would not have full control of who the default search provider is.

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Users having to download Opera Mini from the App Store is hardly competition for the phone's default search provider.

What if Opera gains significant share on the iPhone? Now Apple doesn't have as much leverage against Google.

That's really what I meant to say.

I disagree this is "their turf."

If you view this in the context of a shopping mall, then its certainly their property, and within their rights to choose who can have a presence within their property. That's how I think Apple views the Appstore.

Apple's property? If I have an iPhone, I have to pay for it. That makes it my property. And that's why I don't have an iPhone.

'I have an iPhone' is the same as 'I have a shopping cart' - in both cases you still don't own the shopping mall, just a way of interacting with it.

This comparison doesn't work. For starters, shopping carts are free, given to you for your own convenience. Furthermore, you don't need a shopping cart to use the mall.

There is a distinction between the physical hardware that you purchased, and the electronic services that you access using the device. The argument of whether you should be able to install any app you want is another matter.

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