iPhones are aimed at the many millions/billions of technically unsophisticated users who don't care about rooting their phone, but would be very unhappy to get phished out of their life savings.
Grandma does not need the freedom to install the DeFlock or ICEBlock to help protect herself and her neighbors, right? Tim Cook is a Trump doner but of course has no political bias, and remains confident ICE and law enforcement always behave ethically so there is nothing to fear.
A corporation takes away basic freedoms of people over the tools they use to communicate with society, and then consumers get on the internet in public forums and -defend- them for it. Unbelievable.
I really hope you do not vote with this type of thinking.
You can muddy the waters with strawmen and politics, but I doubt you'll convince many people around here.
Tech CEOs will always do the right thing and act in public interest before profits or political favors, right?
They would never censor an app that the public largely wanted, right?
Fortnite did not pay their Apple tax, so no one got to install Fortnite. For safety.
To be clear, Google is just as bad. I do not use or recommend any products from either company.
I use laptops, desktops, or nothing, and get along just fine.