The discussion is about control. No one is saying devices should be less secure.

If you ask people "should you be able to run any program you want on your devices?" I doubt people would answer "yes, on computers, but on phones I should only be able to run what Tim Apple allows me to".

So many people on HN do make that distinction, though. This whole “phones aren’t computers” mentality confuses me to no end. They are most people’s primary computing environment now and the end users have almost completely lost control of them. It fills me with sadness and makes me hate our industry.

I can only assume it’s rooted in profit motive. Pure and simple greed.

Most people would answer ‘I’m happy with what’s on the App Store thanks I have no desire to use anything else’.