I do think the "I like walled gardens" (or maybe more charitably the console experience over the PC experience) position is interesting. Like I think the "leet

I do think the "I like walled gardens" (or maybe more charitably the console experience over the PC experience) position is interesting. Like I think the "leet nerd"--and also my--rejoinder to your post is: the answer isn't walled gardens, the answer is open standards that let consumers choose their experiences. But, does that exist at scale anywhere? It might be that this is a false option. If that's the case, and our options really are walled garden vs. balkanization, walled garden doesn't look too bad. Or I could also reframe it as the reason the open standards choose your own experience option doesn't exist is that there's no financial incentive to build it, and capitalism has failed us yet again.