> so if you don't like it you're welcome to buy a different laptop or phone This is false. Massively. The available options are not many, not strongly differe

> so if you don't like it you're welcome to buy a different laptop or phone This is false. Massively. The available options are not many, not strongly different neither much freely available to choose. Most, at best, start with "can I at least afford it?". I know many that wish to have an Apple device but must use a very bad and cheap android... because is what them can afford. Also, consider developers, supposedly a group that "could choose best". How many times "where is a good laptop that run linux" you hear? Is because it not EXIST. I can't choose it. Only accept a decent approximation. If you pay attention, you will see that the market is not close to provide good options in so many fronts. I remember a few years ago: "Where is the RDBMS GUI front-end for osx?", It not EXIST at the time. But you can "chose" to use linux? Linux not have good UI tools at large. Only windows in my niche.