> the collective amount of people buying apple devices is what gives them the power to implement these rules on their own. Generally whenever some sort of prod

> the collective amount of people buying apple devices is what gives them the power to implement these rules on their own. Generally whenever some sort of product or process gains a large level of public usage, it gets regulated. This has been true of every technology since the lightbulb. I think we as a civilization realized that just letting people at the top apply their arbitrary preferences to everyone else was hurtful and nonproductive.