The ethics of Apple’s closed ecosystem app store
- Written by Michael Cowling, Senior Lecturer in Educational Technology, CQUniversity Australia
After 10 years, could Apple finally be losing their control over the way apps are installed on their platform?Shutterstock
This July marks the tenth birthday of the iOS App Store.
The App Store originally launched alongside the release of the 3G model – 12 months after the original iPhone. The store gave developers the opportunity to write...

