You're right except that I'm not blaming Apple but addressing them as the party losing revenue in my case, both for the iPhone and future product sales. The more familiar I become with Apple's restrictive policies, the less I like them and the more I appreciate Android.

The positive side of Verizon's initial decision is that the success of the iPhone elsewhere forced VZW to break its nasty habit of crippling phones to maintain the old AOL-style "walled garden" approach.