As the Android's apps market clearly shows open not necessarily means better, it might just mean messier :)<p>Yes, open is more 'powerful' and yes, it allows 'more things' to be done, and yes it doesn't piss developers off, but for an average user that just wants to do everyday things Apple's approach might be just better overall user experience.<p>iPod is not the mp3 player with the most features, its the most polished experience. same for iphone and for almost any of their products.<p>so .. I'm not at all sure there would be more buyers if it was open then it will be now with its closed nature.<p>They know what they are doing :)