In home consumer settings, the user is the owner of the PC, The user decides what programs to run on the PC. In corporate settings, the corporation is the owner of the PC. The corporation decides what to run on the PC.
In home consumer settings, the user is the owner of the ipad. Apple decides what programs to run on the ipad.
I see what you're saying, but apparently home users happily give up that bit of control to get a computer that 'just works'.
Other companies have noticed this, RIM and Microsoft are working on similar systems. Google's ChromeOS is even more extreme, as it only runs web apps. The CR-48 looks like a notebook, but following the logic of some, it shouldn't be called that.
In home consumer settings, the user is the owner of the ipad. Apple decides what programs to run on the ipad.
Does the home consumer really own the ipad?