<i>"... I do understand the fear. It’s indisputable that Apple seeks large amounts of control over its products. So it’s a reasonable question to ask whether Apple sees the web itself, which they have no control over, as a problem. I don’t think that’s the case at all, though. The web, as a whole, is arguably the single most entrenched computer technology ever created. So where Apple seeks control with regard to the web is in the technology to render it ..."</i><p>The weakness or limitation of the Internet is it's Hubs. Compromise or take down a hub and the network fails. Crackers go for DNS. A smart business will try to monopolise publication of information, news and media. Publishing of information on the Web is a Hub. Hence the tussle between traditional newspapers and electronic publishers like Apple and news distributors like Google.