> I have to ask. Why do you hate freedom? When we talk and discuss modern, powerful, high level languages it's not due to adding more freedom to a developer's

> I have to ask. Why do you hate freedom? When we talk and discuss modern, powerful, high level languages it's not due to adding more freedom to a developer's ability to express intent - it's about restricting it. Often times with tools we find more strength in tools that prevent us from making errors (thus making the tool simpler to apply and require less oversight). There is nothing you can do with a table saw that you can't do with a knife - that's pretty similar to comparing assembly code to rust or your preferred modern language. Tools gain strength by restriction actions - not adding them. I personally strongly disagree about applying this to browser engines since I don't think we've reached anything near to a consensus on what a good web browser should do and due to the involvement of companies that want to harvest a lot of user data - but the point isn't irrational, there is some power to be gained by locking down devices to a single browser. I would agree that the validations of the App store are entirely security theater though - that approval process adds nothing of value and it amazes me that they haven't been sued somehow over failing to actually enforce the rules they promote.