Slippery slope, with all evidence pointing to the contrary. Apple will never have a monopoly, linux will always be an alternative.

Not on apple hardware however.

So... don't buy it? Unless you think it's the best hardware on the market at the best price point.

And what makes you so important that every hardware provider has to bend to your will? I can't run Shor's Algorithm on my Raspberry Pi, whose fault is that?

Then why don't you rail on Linux? If one day there won't be any other options left, why not aim that way? Presumably that's a worse betrayal

How will Apple take away your options? That's what's difficult to understand. Either the FOSS/DIY approach has merit and will continue to thrive, or it'll die because it becomes impractical, neither of those courses have anything to do with Apple trying to prevent Joe Bloggs becoming a node in a botnet.

EDIT:

> isn't so difficult to understand, really

You may be confusing "understand" with "imagine"

Alright. How will there be no other options one day?

As expected, no answer.