And the problem is? You make the conscious decision to buy into the Apple ecosystem. The iPhone you purchased is a component of that ecosystem. You made your choice knowing full well what the parameters of use were. This is not a case of Apple selling you something and only after you passed the return period telling you that your device is “feature limited.” If you bought an iPhone with the expectation that side loading or whatever else you wanted to do with it are enabled then you made a poor purchase decision.Come on, you must be pretending not to understand. I wasn't talking about anybody being forced to buy iPhones, of course. But if you buy an iPhone, which I agree to be the best choice, you are forced to use it the way they want. And they have always put heavy obstacles for people to use the device they often paid >$1000 the way they want. You know it very well and this is a problem precisely because Android is not a great alternative.
Also, they can force developers to follow rules so there can't be real competition in some cases. That's a lot of power, often too much I believe. When people buy whatever product, they shouldn't be unwillingly signing for that. It's clearly a side effect and not a feature. Apple deserve its success but there must be regulations over it.
caveat emptor et emptor scientiis.