He totally would have. In the early days of iPhone, he had a strong contempt for the idea of an app store since it would allow anyone to publish any app and he didn't want anyone other than Apple doing that.

Making it a walled garden was his idea.

Fair point. It's just sad that reality doesn't live up to the marketing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtvjbmoDx-I

You must be sad.. a lot