>Android and iOS put restrictions on what applications on a phone are able to do, often for arbitrary reasons. When people complain about how Windows (and for

>Android and iOS put restrictions on what applications on a phone are able to do, often for arbitrary reasons. When people complain about how Windows (and for that matter also Linux and BSD, et al.) don't lock their environments down, they should remember it's because both devs and users alike appreciate and respect the freedom to do whatever the hell we want on our computers. Great power begets great responsibility. Android and iOS place next to no responsibility on the devs and users, but likewise also none of the power.