> You really have to wonder how we went from a computer with a bunch of slots and open schematics to one that is so closed you need permission from the manufact

> You really have to wonder how we went from a computer with a bunch of slots and open schematics to one that is so closed you need permission from the manufacturer to run whatever code you desire. Yet look what happened to sales after they debuted the closed hardware and OS. At the end of the day the mass customer prefers devices that are easy to use and hard to break. I'd personally love an iOS with a little more flexibility, but considering it's a device that knows so much about me I am OK with the trade offs. Things like Apple forcing[1] the location permission option "only while using the app" is awesome for the end user. I end up trying out way more software on iOS than OS X because I have a reasonable expectation that whatever happens I can just delete it in one standard operation. [1] https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/6/7/15757774/ios-11-location-permissions-stricter-uber https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/6/7/15757774/io...