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Come on. Axioms? Formal statements?

It's pretty simple:

Where can I download the source code for the iPhone's UI?

Does iPhone have anything like Android's intents that allows me to plug my own stuff in?

Can I install my own applications on my own damn phone without paying Apple?

There may be some metric where iPhone is more open than Android, but I can't think of it.

There are plenty of nice things to be said about the iPhone: it really changed the phone game, it's beautiful, well designed, and so on. But 'open' and 'free' aren't really words I'd associate with it.




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