It turns out that people who want this ("Man. I wish I could only run programs chosen by the monopoly supplier") Or people don't know/care. Or weighed the comp

It turns out that people who want this ("Man. I wish I could only run programs chosen by the monopoly supplier") Or people don't know/care. Or weighed the comparative downsides of a controlled app platform versus the wild west, and decided the controlled platform is less of a downside for what they want to do. Or lots of options, really.