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Not being able to install 0.1% of the apps I like is not giving up essential liberty. Getting a completely controlled sandboxed environment with vetted applications is not little temporary safety.

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Not being able to sell your application, because another company doesn't like it, is giving up an essential liberty.

> Not being able to install 0.1% of the apps I like is not giving up essential liberty.

Apple literally dictates acceptable expressions of sexuality to people.

How the hell is that not giving up an essential liberty?

Controversial opinion: I like Apple's security lockdown- and the whole Internet is still available, so I'm not quite that worried about not being able to install [app] because there's likely to be a web version, too. Keep in mind that using an Apple phone means that you are using a tool / machine / device that's much less likely to reveal its secrets. Isn't that worth something, too?

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