I blame Apple for a lot of this. When the iPhone got big, they kept it all closed off in a walled garden- you couldn't/still can't even look at the files on dis

I blame Apple for a lot of this. When the iPhone got big, they kept it all closed off in a walled garden- you couldn't/still can't even look at the files on disk! Other businesses saw how locked down you could make something and still be successful and replicated it. Why let you easily download a video if that lets you post it elsewhere? They want to keep you on Reddit/Twitter for longer and longer so that they get more engagement from you and can show you ads. Minecraft is a great example of this, too. Why let you run your own server for you and your friends when you can pay Microsoft to host the server for you on their centralized server? Never mind that sometimes the data center gets too much traffic and your little server gets deprioritized and your ping skyrockets.