Ummm no? This is a weird take. I want a device to run software, I do not care about their app platforms per se. I have a macbook and barely use the apple store. If they prevent me from running any software apart from through their platform, that is a problem for me.
Without an app platform there would exist no software.
>I have a macbook and barely use the apple store.
The app platform is more than just the store. If you can install an app without the apple store, that app has to be able to run and actually do stuff somehow. The way it is able to run is the app platform.
>If they prevent me from running any software apart from through their platform
If you do not want to run software using Apple's hardware and Apple's software then Apple is effectively out of the picture. Apple won't prevent you from running apps on a different app platform like Android.
Apple should charge separately for their App Platform then, instead of bundling it with arbitrary features. The US government threatened to break up Microsoft as a result of the IE case, Apple would be wise to skate to away from where the laser-breathing regulatory dragon is headed.
