What is it about the "geek" mindset that makes one jump to the conclusion that this is part of a vast conspiracy, some cabal of OS vendors, to lock out hackers

What is it about the "geek" mindset that makes one jump to the conclusion that this is part of a vast conspiracy, some cabal of OS vendors, to lock out hackers and prevent anyone from modifying their own machine? Isn't the simpler explanation that 99% of Mac users don't know, don't care how to install custom apps or homebrew, and would gladly have Apple restrict them to signed-apps-only if it means a significantly reduced chance of virus/trojan infection? And you know what? If some day, for some reason, Apple does decide to lock out hackers and tinkerers from their systems, somehow I doubt Apple's stock-holders will lose any sleep over it. For all the kvetching that I frequently hear from the HN crowd at large about "let the market decide", it's surprising how quickly that attitude vanishes when "the market" decides against you. (For what it's worth, there was a time when developers had to lay out far more than the average user for capable systems. It's only relatively recently that standard consumer machines could stand in for a dev box. I wouldn't be surprised if the future has developers, once again, paying premium dolar for hardware.)