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  • This is the point, isn’t it?

    Lock down their own ecosystem because they’re jealous of how Apple does it, so they can herd all users into their walled garden. Then close the gates behind them. There’s no easy way out, you can’t just wander back and forth anymore. You have to scale a wall in the dead of night and shed a tear as you look back and see everyone else having a lovely life, then set off into the dark forest of privacy on your own.

    People hate friction in the first place. This is as much friction as they can realistically make on their own without triggering anti-trust cases and EU fines.