Of course a closed source system can be very customizable, but as OP noted, Apple has never been about freedom of choice. Their whole business model is about l

Of course a closed source system can be very customizable, but as OP noted, Apple has never been about freedom of choice. Their whole business model is about locking you in to their products. They are not the only ones who do this, of course. But I also had to actually laugh out loud when I read the whole "it's about freedom" paragraph. The Apple ecosystem is the wrong mothership if you care about these things.