But it's not just the app marketplace providers. It has become the tech-company norm to shut people out of their systems without rhyme or reason. It's outrageo

But it's not just the app marketplace providers. It has become the tech-company norm to shut people out of their systems without rhyme or reason. It's outrageous, but people rag on Apple disproportionately, as though their model (curated App Store vs free-for-all) is the issue. We need sweeping technology reform from the top. Governments need to start understanding the technology that they oversee, not just dealing on a 'business level' with lobbyists and execs who will do anything to maintain their autonomy. When these companies are service providers to a majority of the population (in aggregate, or individually) they must be treated as infrastructure providers and held to basic standards of accountability, transparency, and governance.