I hear those points, but none of them make Android "walled garden". "Walled garden" requires lack of user options re app sources, such as what iPhones do, and A

I hear those points, but none of them make Android "walled garden". "Walled garden" requires lack of user options re app sources, such as what iPhones do, and Android has many non-Google app sources. The fact that dogma1138 did not find any of those non-Google app sources useful does not make Android systems a walled garden. I know of Linux systems whose users only ever install apps from default repositories. I know of Window systems which are set to only allow apps from app store. This does not mean they are closed, it just means their users do not need more.