[31337Logic]

I don't know what you're talking about. I'm old enough to remember the exact "free for all" on desktop computers that you claim never existed.

Take your "walled gardens" and stuff it. Not everyone wishes to be boxed in that way.

[gjsman-1000]

> Take your "walled gardens" and stuff it. Not everyone wishes to be boxed in that way.

Yes, everyone on Hacker News doesn’t want to be boxed in this way.

In the real world, literally nobody gives a darn about Apple having an iOS monopoly. They love their iPhones, they hate their laptops. Why is that?

[salawat]

They don't effing know and most people don't have the mental stack or attention span to make it through an explanation of the factors/consequences involved.

Believe me, I've tried hard to get things boiled down for the layman. We're at a point we're literally speaking languages that have no commonly relatable interpersonal equivalent.

[pauby]

> They love their iPhones, they hate their laptops.

Feels like unsubstantiated generalisation.

Source(s)?

[486sx33]

I would say, most anyone involved in tech since pre 2008 feels this way, not only everyone to HN.

As a friend of mine says “oh no you’re confused, this is MY phone…” and then mutters to himself, whose phone is this anyway?