You have to realize that Apple is alone in everything they do. They refuse to license their OS so that other companies, like Samsung, can alleviate the burden away from Apple of being the sole provider of a Mac or iDevice. Apple wants it all, they want to make their own OS, hardware, and even their own distribution channels and content platform.
Apple learned from their own past mistake of licensing out their own operating system. People have such short memories that they forgot they did licensed it out only to have other vendors underprice their own computers. They are not interested in a race to the bottom. There are other companies that do that. They want to make very high quality computers and devices.
Having their own ecosystem has advantages besides protecting their own products. Like security, integration between products, ease of use, less fragmentation, better support and so on. Something a lot of customers value.
This ONLY works now because Apple makes highly coveted products.
This is not quite like Beats, that they recently bought. While Apples products tend to be more expensive they are most often worth the money. Unlike Beats, which are expensive, don't offer much build quality or better sound then the cheaper alternatives.
On the other side, because Google licences Android, they can work with many, many partners. Even if Apple won a huge victory against Samsung and culls the ability for Samsung to compete in the phone and tablet markets, there are literally hundreds of other manufactures of Android devices that will eventually rise up to take Samsung's place.
I don't think they ultimately trying to prevent Samsung from competing. They are trying to make Samsung think twice from copying their ideas like they did on their earlier phones.
Google can lose half of its partners and still produce a highly competitive product.
Android is only part of a finished product, it needs hardware for it to be complete.
Apple can't sue the world.
I don't think they are trying to do that. But they can certainly protect themselves from companies that try to profit from their hard work.
Steve Jobs was wrong to assume they could dominate the market, and the decision to "destroy" Google set Apple down the wrong path, it is good to see Tim Cook rise as leader and set Apple on the right path finally.
I don't think he is that stupid to think world domination...lol. I think Apple has more of a problem with Samsung then Google. Samsung also adds another layer on top of Android, Touchwiz.
It's this kind of company that competitors should fear, a company that will rise as a leader in OPEN innovation, not a company that values isolation and protectionism with far too much money in their pockets.
Its clear you don't run your own business or had to compete with other companies. Open innovation, while it sounds nice, does not always work.
An open platform does not always offer the security, ease of use, compatibility, quality, compared to Apples platform.
It should be what type of platform you prefer.
