Is it hard for you to accept the fact that other people make different choices? The market has spoken already and Apples success indicates that yes, people do want closed platforms as well.
Pretending iOS's security is not the best on the market right now is simply being in denial.
But I am not arguing for closed solutions. I am arguing for an ecosystem with both closed and open solutions.
> Europe can't keep up with the US in this field because
Europe was keeping up with USA just fine until about 15 years ago. So the problem can't be one of the reasons you listed (certainly not the ancient history of the WW2), those existed before as well. What changed lately was the onerous amount of regulation being added and a strong left turn in economic policy. Together they brought the unfolding disaster we are witnessing today.
I am willing to bet you've never build a startup in your life. Do that please and then come back and tell me which is worse: regulation or big competition.
> Why should Appel decide what you can run on the device you bought and own?
Because they aren't selling you a device. They are selling you access to their platform. Interfering with how they build and run that platform will just ensure we'll get fewer platforms in the future. You get either competition or regulation - the later logically diminishes the first.