Yep, this is an unpopular HN opinion, but I actually like Apple's walled garden. It's safe, it's friendly and I don't have to worry.

This is in fact the most popular HN opinion that always comes up on every Apple thread.

yep. And GP themself is an example of why this works. Their practices sold an iphone and converted a fanatic Android user!

I will say that to their market cap. Such an insane capitalization on digital sales can only be achieved by extinguishing the alternatives your platform can host. It's a regressive featureset that can (apparently) only be reversed through legislative demands a-la Digital Market Act.

Many, many companies have had huge market caps while funding anti-humanist or exploitative processes. Given Apple's scale you almost have to assume that they're abusing something lucrative.

> Such an insane capitalization on digital sales...

Apple's market cap is built on something like 80% hardware sales by revenue.