The old debate about the advantages of "open and closed" ecosystems is one of those debates. Once upon a time, not so long ago, people talked about how “walled gardens” (like AOL and CompuServe, back in the day) would inevitably lose out to the free, wild, open Internet.
Apple always has been the salient exception to the rule, but one reason people don't have to debate this question is that both approaches have worked in the marketplace.
These days, malware is a bigger problem, and that more or less argues for some level of curation within any ecosystem. It's not "totally open" or "totally closed," but rather "structured to be consistent and safe," in a way.
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