Nobody has yet said the words "lock-in device". Everybody moans about lock-in devices when it's convenient for them, but then they throw away the ability to use

Nobody has yet said the words "lock-in device". Everybody moans about lock-in devices when it's convenient for them, but then they throw away the ability to use anything else by committing full-tilt to these mobile platforms where to install "unapproved" apps you have to literally hack your own device. Apple and Google got rich doing what we would have lambasted Microsoft for, because our judgement is clouded by brands.