Apple Pushing This User Away from iOS Devices

Little by little Apple is pushing me away from the iPhone. After reading that Apple is forcing Amazon and Barnes & Nobel to not sell books through their apps, http://preview.tinyurl.com/44ju2n7, I am just about at my last straw. It started with the difficulty in managing my music in iTunes, not being able to transfer my music from my iPhone to my laptop if I have my desktop set up as the primary machine. Then the iTunes update 10.4 that removed all ability to backup your media because Apple wants you to pay for their iCloud service. Now they won't let some magazines and newspapers along with Amazon and B&N to sell their own products via apps on iOS devices.
I was thinking about picking up an iPad 2 but not anymore. Not after the iTunes 10.4 update and the new measures to keep Amazon and B&N from selling their products through their iOS apps. I shop frequently at both those sites and make regular purchases with through the iPhone app.
Yes, it's your right to set up your rules on your devices as you see fit. But Apple must also expect that users will eventually get sick and tired of being forced to go through them for all of their media needs and turn toward devices that offer more freedom in choosing how they consume media.
So I am looking forward to seeing what Amazon will bring to the tablet market and also in what new smart phones are coming down the pike. I think I may have given my last dollar to Apple for awhile as I seriously contemplate giving up my iPhone due to the draconian measures that Apple is taking to restrict the freedom of their users to choose what media outlets they want to patronize.

You do not have to update Apps. If you have an iPhone you should know this.
If you read my post above you will see that all the Kindle App did was transfer you to a browser session with the Amazon web site. This is something that is easily bookmarked in your browser and, since it is the standard way to purchase Kindle e-books, it will not be removed from the Amazon server.
Note: With the Kindle App you never purchased books through the App. It was always through the browser.
For Amazon at least his is a flap about nothing.

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