> asking Facebook and Apple to open-up their core products is like asking Google to publish their search algorithm

Nobody ask Facebook to open-source their algorithm or other fabrication secrets. What we should be asking them is to allow users to choose to open doors in the walls.

I, as a Facebook user, would much prefer getting the few baby pics I receive there from some friends directly into any "social content client" of my choice. I wrote something about it there: https://plus.google.com/u/0/104035200377885758362/posts/EWjN...

I am no Apple product user, but if I was I would require Apple to allow me to have full ownership on the files I store on the gadget, and I would require to be allowed to install manually any app I choose to install, however "harmful" it may be to my user experience.