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This assumes that 100% of iPhone and iPad customers understand the totality of the consequences of buying Apple's hardware.

Most people do not understand the intricacies of the iOS and App Store app distribution model, and most people do not buy Apple hardware because of it.

All users, including those users, deserve the freedom to own the hardware they buy and run what they want on it.

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Do most of the android users / Windows users / Cloud users / Linux users understand the totality of consequences of their choices? I highly doubt that.

It may come as surprise but to lot of people/institutions getting something done is far more valuable than totally owning something.

> Do most of the android users / Windows users / Cloud users / Linux users understand the totality of consequences of their choices? I highly doubt that.

No, and I never suggested they did.

> It may come as surprise but to lot of people/institutions getting something done is far more valuable than totally owning something.

Doing what you want with the stuff you bought is not orthogonal to "getting something done".

I agree all users should be able to own the hardware and do what you want to it but most people do not care. They’ve been conditioned.

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