> which they absolutely didn't have to do Strictly speaking, Apple doesn't have to do anything. They're judged against the quality of their prior products thou

> which they absolutely didn't have to do Strictly speaking, Apple doesn't have to do anything. They're judged against the quality of their prior products though, and prior Macs have worked well with an unlocked bootloader. If Apple threw that feature away (like the headphone jack or 32-bit software), then it would have been noteworthy, but it's not. You're ascribing goodwill to something as simple as a non-removed feature. Whatever the case is with Macs, regulators at-large don't seem to agree with Apple's product segmentation. If they want to distinguish iPhones from Macs, they'll have to find a way that doesn't undermine user authority.