> The reason the iPhone became so successful was not a fluke. Consumers and customers voted that the value proposition of the product was something they preferr

> The reason the iPhone became so successful was not a fluke. Consumers and customers voted that the value proposition of the product was something they preferred, and they acted by purchasing iPhone and developers responded by building applications for iOS. So the article is just one long conflation of quality hardware and software, with anti-consumer lockdown. A long-winded way of saying a lock provides no safety if the user, instead of the corporation, has the key.