I don't know if the walls are what you desire. I'm in it for the garden being more beautiful and better curated. Does that mean I have less choice? Yes, but it'

I don't know if the walls are what you desire. I'm in it for the garden being more beautiful and better curated. Does that mean I have less choice? Yes, but it's a sacrifice I choose to have a better total experience. Apple's walled garden allows higher quality apps and features that wouldn't be shipped as quickly in an "open" model (whatever that may mean). I agree that running arbitrary shell commands/apps/etc is "cool", but it's rarely useful to me on a mobile computing device. If the use-case exists and is legitimate, there's usually an app for it. In fact the few times I've felt the pinch of "I'd like to run such-and-such from my phone" is limited by the fact that my employer wouldn't allow me to - not that my phone disallows it. I still could do it since there are SSH apps that will connect to my home computer if need be. OP's take on this IMO is one of wanting full control over their devices and while it's a great ideal, it doesn't translate into real usable improvements for me.