[JumpCrisscross]

> It's not Apple's place to arbitrarily decide what I can or cannot do with my phone

This is a good way to kill Epic's fight.

If I want a hackable general-purpose computer, I can get one. I have one. The iPhone is not that. That's made clear at the time of purchase. It's a tradeoff between freedom and specific utility, and it delivers the latter in droves.

As a result, most Americans are fine with it. "Free software" is a great mantra from an important minority or Americans. But it's a minority nonetheless.

Big tech antitrust, on the other hand, is going mainstream. Epic's fight is riding that wave. Muddying it with an old and weaker argument is not helpful.

[fomine3]

It shouldn't be for minority but majority. Fine with it isn't fine.

[JumpCrisscross]

> It shouldn't be for minority but majority

Then make the case. I think there should be general purpose computers. But not every computer need be one. There are advantages to a locked-down ecosystem.

[fomine3]

> But not every computer need be one. There are advantages to a locked-down ecosystem.

I agree with it. But I think game consoles should be locked but smartphones shouldn't. Finally I predict that smartphones to be the Computer for citizen.