[nemothekid]

That's interesting because I have the opposite view - I prefer Apple maintains control so that Facebook doesn't get to do every single thing they want. Facebook is strictly worse and I bemoan a future where FB is given even more data to sell on hundreds of millions of Americans.

[tremon]

How about (gasp) the government maintains control so that non-democratic bodies don't get to do every single thing they want?

[baridbelmedar]

What government are you referring to?

I suspect that not all countries (even western) would love the idea that the US government had that type of control ;)

[Valkhyr]

How about designing devices and services such that they are open and cross-compatible and the user is ultimately in control?