The criticism is well intentioned and you are ignoring that we all want it to continue to be that way! They've been slowly making it more and more difficult fo

The criticism is well intentioned and you are ignoring that we all want it to continue to be that way! They've been slowly making it more and more difficult for people to install apps outside of the app store on the macOS. The latest version of macOS has already crippled application firewalls, allowing Apple authorised code special privileges to bypass any firewall / VPN to access the internet, even if the user wants to block them. Apple ARM processors further limit what OS you can run on it, even with virtualisation, without needing Apple's permission. All these criticisms are genuine and valid - that it aims to turn the macOS platform into a more closed system like ios.