What I can't believe is that people thought it would go any other way. Apple is the only company in mobile who cares one bit about a somewhat open end-user experience. Sure, they have a curated app store and SDK rules, but their philosophy has always been a customer-driven one, rather than a carrier-driven one like every other handset manufacturer.

When these other guys see Android, they don't think about the customer or customer experience. That's their last priority if it's on their list at all. What they see is a FREE OS that they can re-brand. That saves them millions of dollars in development costs.