I'm surprised so many people are ok with not owning the device they paid for, and with being nannied by Apple all the time.

But I know, I'm not the target audience anymore.

Probably because the vast majority of people either don't know a different world outside of mobile, or actively wants to be nannied or a combination of both.

It used to be that there was Android for those who didn't want the Apple way of doing things and wanted more control over their pocket computer, but Google saw how rich Apple got off the walled garden and has been slowly boiling the frog in that direction for years now.