You are correct, Apple has always been a total control freak, and sometimes that is what's delivered a Great User Experience. But in this case, being a control freak is only a proxy to Great User Experience:
http://smoothspan.wordpress.com/2007/09/28/apples-greatest-strength-and-weakness-they-are-control-freaks-aka-beware-proxies-for-success/
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