But the option is there, rooting. As long as that is reasonably available I don't really see problem. Of course the seven hells of apple ecosystem is another matter
You can argue all you want about what the normal joe shmoe should be able to do but most joes shmoes will use that to hurt themselves more than help.
Limitiations are essentially OSHA of computing, by making it hard to do the wrong stuff it makes most people least likely to hurt themselves.
> But the option is there, rooting. As long as that is reasonably available I don't really see problem.
The option is there on some phones, and that with caveats; lots of phones don't let you root them, and even if you can they'll artificially break things (like sony degrading the camera, or any app that refuses to run if it realizes it's on a rooted phone)
> But the option is there, rooting. As long as that is reasonably available I don't really see problem.
Well, it's not reasonably available. The number of android phone manufacturers that still allow bootloaders to be unlocked without significant friction is pretty small, and hardware attestation is slowly killing the whole rooting/custom rom scene since phones with unlocked bootloaders can't run many apps.
You can argue all you want about what the normal joe shmoe should be able to do but most joes shmoes will use that to hurt themselves more than help.
Limitiations are essentially OSHA of computing, by making it hard to do the wrong stuff it makes most people least likely to hurt themselves.