> Personal computing devices shouldn't have artificial walled gardens To me this seems excessively moralistic, like "all closed source is bad". There are concr

> Personal computing devices shouldn't have artificial walled gardens To me this seems excessively moralistic, like "all closed source is bad". There are concrete advantages and disadvantages to a walled garden and whether a device has one or not should be up to the manufacturer. Customers then can weigh the tradeoffs when they make their decisions. I also don't find privacy to be among the significant disadvantages of walled gardens. Lack of choice leading to lower quality experience, the chilling effect of disallowing specific content or entire categories and the potential for price gouging seem to be far and away the biggest issues. Another issue is "walled gardens are bad" is a bit ignorant of real restrictions device makers have historically had to navigate such as carrier contracts saying no tethering apps.