> That applies as much to Android, or any other phone, as it does to Apple though. On Android you can side-load APKs, have alternative app stores like F-Droid

> That applies as much to Android, or any other phone, as it does to Apple though. On Android you can side-load APKs, have alternative app stores like F-Droid and even install custom operating systems. So no, that is again not comparable. > It’s (…) not some perfidious Apple plot Sure > just the nature of the market Dammit, NO. The market is a human-made artificial construct, not some natural freaking law like gravity that is inevitable and unavoidable. And given that it is human-made we can change it, and make choices on what we demand from it.