[privateSFacct]

"It's scarier than any security attack to see what used to be an open and free platform turned into a walled garden of corporate control and obedience."

Most users threat posture is around security from adversaries who may gain control of their hardware. That security helps preserve their freedom, to store secrets more safely on the device etc.

Users are generally much less concerned with their own ability to hack / boot an alternative OS etc.

I suspect very few companies other than Apple will even have a chance of standing up to big gov demands, and even Apple may cave (though they seemed willing to stick to principal even in case of known domestic terrorist shooter which is one of the toughest arguments to make).

If you need the freedom to be hacked and to hack your own hardware, consider an android or linux machine.