"Average end users" will always be put in the positions of choosing between either: (A) stability/"security" or (B) open access to everything - give them root a

"Average end users" will always be put in the positions of choosing between either: (A) stability/"security" or (B) open access to everything - give them root and the ability to install everything and an "all open" app store and you'll only have viruses and buggy everything. And a lower quality bar for everything - people are cheap and they don't recognize good quality software when it heats them in the head, so any well crafted program will always have to compete with crap-freeware (and no, "average users" don't know or care about the difference between open-source or freeware even!), so "walled gardens" like Apple's also increase quality and, more important imho, the revenue people get for making quality software. "Average end users" can't have the cake and eat it too! Now, I don't say this is right, and I don't like app stores like Apple's, but they definitely bring real value to the end user, that's why users pay for it when they can afford! (and I've put "security" in quotes because I know this is not "real security" what you get when you trade "full openness" for it, but it's generally a "good enough substitute for security" for the "average end users", as "real security" is only possible if you are either willing and skillful enough to be responsible for it yourself or pay top dollars to get it tailored for your needs, so it's not an option for 99.9%)