I hear this kind of complaining from greybeards all the time. And I have some sympathy having grown up in the early 90s when you legitimately could tinker with

I hear this kind of complaining from greybeards all the time. And I have some sympathy having grown up in the early 90s when you legitimately could tinker with every aspect of your computer. I kind of miss that; I suspect I’d miss it more if I had more time. But as a customer I appreciate this stuff. I need some shortcuts to be able to maintain reasonable opsec without dedicating my life to dodging surveillance. I’m ok if it makes applications harder to develop because there are plenty on the App Store already. If you want a device that can run arbitrary code, Android exists. Laptops exist. You have options. I don’t want a device like that in my pocket, however. It doesn’t fit in my personal security model.