> This is counterproductive. The only alternative to letting Apple exploit you is letting Google exploit you.

Or allowing users to control their hardware and software and give them the freedom to install the hell they want on it?

We've been using computers for eternities where we still have the possibility, yet, as soon as it is about phones then "no way, we protecting you from bad actors".

Give me a break, you want to help protect me from bad actors implement proper software/hardware jails/containers for third party software and that's it.

As a user, I can not allow users to control their hardware. It is not up to me. I get to choose between Apple and Google, and neither is in the business of allowing users to control their hardware.