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The two forces are, generally, at odds. Apple screens apps for me to see if they're malicious or snoop my data. They ensure the things on the App Store are of a certain quality and safety. If they discover one that got through, I'm glad they can remove it from my device without waiting on my action. I've effectively outsourced my configuration and security to a company that has strong financial incentives to do a good job at those tasks - certainly a better job than I would do if I had to keep tabs on it all myself. They also do far less "abandoning of devices" than most of their competitors, for what it's worth.

While this kind of support doesn't technically preclude open-source code, it's hard to find both in one. Red Hat is one rare exception to this - providing a comprehensive, supported solution that also happens to be open-source. But the economics tend to push it to be one or the other. In this case, I'm perfectly fine making that trade.