1. Yes, but am i not allowed to complain or criticize?
Sure, and we're free to say why we think the are not warranted.
2. the alternate choices are android or non-choices. wow so many choices. such variety. you’re suggesting linux-based choices which are totally comparable alternatives to iOS and Android. i’m sure gonna love my raspberry piPhone since i can run anything i want! i love choice!
They all offer choices of design, function and capability; an 2021-02-13eh Linux based ones are not Rpi's...
3. just sharing my personal experience. if i could keep my phone jailbroken through software updates, i 1000000000% would. my point is that better things are possible when more freedom is given to users. sideloading is hardly the risk you think it is. people can sideload (extremely inconveniently) right now, and even install pirated apps, yet i don’t recall ever seeing this being a detriment to the iOS ecosystem.
I get your point, but in the end I found jailbroken phones more of a PITA than they were worth; even if I liked some of the features I added. Cydia may have had some cool apps, but Winterboard crashes, strange app behavior was more of a norm than an occasional occurrence, in my experience. I'd rather have an ecosystem that is locked down than one where developers can use unsupported API's etc. By requiring developers too use the app store it provides at least some level of security and assurances apps will behave. I think Apple got this one right.
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it boils down to a frustration which i experience far too often:
“is there an app or tool i can use to achieve this goal?”
windows: yes
macos: yes
linux: yes
android: yes
ios: only if the delevloper registers with the ios developer program and submits apps and updates in accordance with apple’s terms and conditions, pending apple’s approval. so you might need to use any other major platform.
Yup; that's pretty much how it is.