Desktop computers remain less restricted because one can’t close pandora’s box after opening it. The fact that we have so many of these protection on smartphon

Desktop computers remain less restricted because one can’t close pandora’s box after opening it. The fact that we have so many of these protection on smartphones is because of lessons learnt with desktop PCs - after a steady stream of viruses, ransomware and other forms of scams. What should have happened is a change to how approvals were made on the app stores for the European region, not removing the main source of protection for users. > “I would never trust a giant multinational…” But you use their hardware, their OS, their network stack… and this won’t change with these rules. So if you’re not trusting of these companies you shouldn’t have a relationship with them and should already be using unique hardware from a smaller vendor whereby you could satisfy these preferences. You absolutely do have a “choice”.