>You're conflating use of hardware with a restriction on software. No, you are assuming the only case of software restriction is limiting my OS choice. Apple

>You're conflating use of hardware with a restriction on software. No, you are assuming the only case of software restriction is limiting my OS choice. Apple works very hard to try to stop people from helping others to fix their crippled phones, so that they can install sofware on them that apple has not approved. >I'm not sure what to make of "I do not require a license to use software" Software is protected by copyright. Just like other creative works, like a book for example. Copyright gives the author exclusive rights to certain things, like distribution, copying, and creating derivative works. It does not give them exclusive rights to use the work. Copyright law prevents you from selling a book written by someone else (without their permission). It does not prevent you from reading it. The same is true of software. You can't sell itunes, but you are entirely within your rights to use it. >You may have a different expectation, but I don't think you have majority support on that. The law supports me on that.