That level of lockdown is a feature. I would like more freedom and control in iOS too sometimes, but I've gotten used to it. I'm still on my first iPhone (6s) a

That level of lockdown is a feature. I would like more freedom and control in iOS too sometimes, but I've gotten used to it. I'm still on my first iPhone (6s) and I'm happy with it for what it does. Contrast this with Androids. Every vendor has their own variation of the OS, APIs are inconsistently implemented across devices, and it's a good bet that the phone will stop receiving OS upgrades in 2 years. I don't think iOS is perfect by any means, but I take Apple's Draconian measures along with the the long term stability and higher app quality. It's the best mobile OS on the market for me. I still won't get the iPhone X because of the price and face ID replacing touch ID. I'd probably pay to replace the battery and use this phone for another 2 years. It's nice that I can reasonably count on that.