Oh I agree with some of Jobs' points, and as you pointed out. Even H264 is more open than Adobe Flash. But if Steve Jobs really wanted to make a point he would back a real open standard for the web.

As it is (especially since Apple I think is one of the investors in H264) it just looks like a money grab to people who are actively interested in the tech arena (of course end users don't care since they aren't directly paying for the consequences of these decisions).