Apple...lies?

Background for anyone not versed in Apple: Beginning with a patch that enabled 802.11n functionality on Macs and continuing with applications being made available for the ipod touch, Apple has claimed that their accounting practices forced them to charge for updates that added functionality to a product they had already sold.  The accounting practice allowed them to recognize income from a product sold immediately rather than over a useful life.  They similarly reason that because they receive a perpetual stream of income from iphones that they can provide updates to that hardware for free.

Now the lie.  They have just updated the ipod touch to allow me to download podcasts directly from my ipod, rather than through itunes on my computer.  They have added functionality and for once have not charged me.  It is obvious that they consider this an added functionality because they blocked another software company from making a similar application available in the itunes application store.  So how do they justify this position?  They don't, because they don't ever have to justify their positions.  Oh well, I guess I'll just be satisfied with the earlier lies and take my functionality for free this one time.