Just because Apple can currently do this shit legally, doesn't mean that they should. Software platforms are marketplaces and company behind such platforms yie

Just because Apple can currently do this shit legally, doesn't mean that they should. Software platforms are marketplaces and company behind such platforms yield great power, even if technically speaking they aren't yet a monopoly. Hardware devices should not be legally allowed to be locked down in the way that Apple devices are. Not sure how many people remember, but Microsoft eventually being forced to provide choice in browsers was a great outcome and allowed Firefox and Chrome to flourish. Yes, Microsoft was at that time a monopoly, whereas Apple right now isn't, but Apple has the potential to be a monopoly. They are after all the richest software company in the world. Apple succeeded where Microsoft failed, they normalized “trusted computing”, which brought everything we feared. I very much prefer EU's consumer protectionism in these regards and I'm hoping they'll do something about walled gardens such as Apple's.