I disagree ENTIRELY. If one wants a more open environment, there's always Android. I consider Apple's oversight of iOS to be a feature, not a problem to be so

I disagree ENTIRELY. If one wants a more open environment, there's always Android. I consider Apple's oversight of iOS to be a feature, not a problem to be solved, because so far they have been worthy of my trust. I don't have the time or inclination to vet everything, and I have zero interest in having to sysadmin something else (seriously, creeping sysadmin-ism is the bane of technical folks in 2019 -- your TV, your stereo, your light switches, etc., may all require sysadmin tasks now, which is kind of absurd). The problem illustrated by this affair is not Apple's control of iOS; it's how far Facebook and Google have gone to quietly betray their users' trust.