Anyone who thinks this is about protecting the cell phone carriers needs to explain why Fring and Skype are still in the App store. They are more robust replacements for actual cellular service than GV is.

I disagree with the assertion that GV being bad for cell phone carriers means it is bad for Apple.

Apple doesn't sell cell phone plans, they sell the hardware. How is it going to hurt them if people buy the hardware and use GV? It won't. As long as people need and want the device that Apple is selling, no matter what the use, then Apple should be happy. All they are doing here is turning there backs on a user base.

Anyone who