“ Some people need more functionality than iOS and its associated apps provide to do their jobs (ie embedded development/testing) among other things. ”

The open PC market is doing really well these days. Like, there’s a huge silicon shortage.

“Apple has a monopoly on not shitty hardware”

I have to chuckle. It’s almost like we want Apple to become a utility that must by government fiat build this great hardware but we now are going to force their software to operate the way a committee wants.

I am for regulation when it benefits consumers broadly (though unintended consequences abound). But this feels like pandering to a niche: potential dealers and tech tinkerers that never wanted the PC to become a consumer product.

There is nothing sinister of about running a business with focus and vertical integration. Apple tried an OEM model once, it didn’t work well for them (in part because Microsoft and Intel had that model locked up).