Was not trying to make fun of you. Your comment (and this one too) was speculative and made a lot of assumptions about motives you can't know.
Apple releases are like a Rorschach check for developers. People see what they want to see in them. If you don't like/ don't trust Apple, every announcement is them creeping ever towards locking down everything. I've been hearing this for the past 6+ years.
But here with the M1, they have the perfect opportunity to lock down the system. But they've left the opportunity for people to build and install whatever they want.
They've even said explicitly that if Microsoft wanted to build Windows for the Mac they wanted to.
We can still access a full shell, install home-brew and they've demoed Linux & Docker running on the M1.
We can still install software from outside the App Store.
Apple's profit margins have been pretty consistent for the past 20 years. That isn't going to change now. Though it's likely looking at the performance numbers Apple will make more profit due to increased sales.
> but also to exert even more control over Mac desktops
Well yes, but "more control" in this case means they can do take the CPU in a direction which suits them. Things like moving RAM, neural engine, and Secure Enclave into the main SOC.
> and turn them into ios like spying client terminals where you can't run anything on it not approved by Apple or without their knowledge.
Now we're veering into tin-foil hat territory.