I think people are conflating ease of modification from legally being able to do so. If it's legal, then Apple retains no control over the device.
The bar isnt whether it is legal or not. You know that no company can create laws, and either you're saying it out of ignorance, or willful ignorance.
When Walmart drives away mom and pop shops, and dominate a certain town and then hikes the prices for groceries, you cant say "but it isnt illegal to go buy groceries from elsewhere, what did we - Walmart - do wrong?"
Say it with me - monopoly rules are about consumer choice.
> I think it's perfectly fine to prevent you from having this
Yes I can, legally and morally.
I'm sick of people writing off entire classes of problems because "well, it's not illegal". The law doesn't matter until you're actually in court. What matters is practicalities. There are many rights that are impractical to use and there are many laws that are unenforced. Some problems could be solved by law, others probably not. The law is a solution, not a problem. Focus on problems, not solutions.
What Apple is taking away is practical control for owners of a class of device that has become essential to my practical participation in society.
I actually desire my country to intervene and change laws forcing Apple give me that control.
"Vote with your wallet" is a BS argument in such a duopoly, because people care about other stuff.
What about we meet in the middle and governments force Apple to only open 50% of the phones, for the same price. Would that satisfy you?
On one side it's called jailbreaking, on the other it's called rooting. It's really the same thing you're fighting against.
