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That's precisely my point - if people get angry then they'll start looking at options like Android. That's why talking about it and raising awareness of what's going on is important.

If people adopt the mindset that this is just how it is, and it doesn't matter, then why would they ever leave Apple's orchard for greener (android-ier) fields?

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Ah! Well then if you're talking about taking action over anger at Apple, then Here Here! Go Android Go! (At least until Google starts blocking applications too)

It's not like they could (on the handset level) even if they wanted to—you can install applications on Android phones from any source, since they don't have the draconian application installation restrictions that the iPhone does.

Do you really think all the carriers are going to use the fully open version of the Android? Keep in mind, there are three versions of it: 1-Minimal / non-branded, 2-Semi open / semi google branded, and 3-fully open / full google branded.

So far, we've only seen the third and most open version of the platform...

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