[libraryatnight]

My younger self was all about the kind of freedom that makes people hate Apple. But my younger self didn't see the absolute disgusting mess the internet became (sorry teenage me, it's not a utopia unhindered by borders, fueled by access to free information). Now, sometimes I want Apple. Sometimes I want Disneyland. I get why at Disneyland a man mysteriously appeared out of nowhere in a red coat and white gloves to tell me and my kid friends to turn the system of a down coming from my buddies backpack speakers off because it's disruptive to the atmosphere. It's why you can have faith if you buy a Nintendo console you're going to get fun games anyone can enjoy. I get why apple doesn't want trash on their app store. When you buy Apple, you buy a device and an atmosphere. It's clean. It works.

[parineum]

> sorry teenage me, it's not a utopia unhindered by borders, fueled by access to free information

I'd argue that you found a walled garden inside of that unhindered utopia.