It's hilarious that Apple portrayed itself in advertisements for years as the young rebel next to the staid IBM PC (for example, see this photo:
http://wpcdn2.padgadget.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ipvpc.jpg). Now, Apple is the establishment figure and Google/Android/Linux (and PC hardware upon which you can install any OS) is the young rebel.
Even worse, their arch 'nemesis' Bill Gates has been using his billions to eradicate polio and other disease around the world for free while Apple continues to employ child labor and generally be an evil corporation
Can't you just host the app outside the apple store? Or would they shut it down through lawsuit threats
No, the problem is that unless you have a jailbroken phone, it is actually impossible to install any app other than ones that come from the app store. The software won't allow it. And that is the problem: The phone should allow installs, even if Apple doesn't want to "endorse" the software by listing it in the app store, but unfortunately that isn't the case.
