I understand the challenges at scale, but there's definitely a decade-long trend towards locking down devices and software from user changes, because any API or configuration that's accessible to knowledgeable users is also accessible to malware and social engineering.
This coincidentally aligns with business goals (watch our ads, replace your phone every 2 years, sync everything to our cloud because anything else is risky and cumbersome, do not integrate our devices with a non-blessed solution etc.) but for some reason discussing these goals is frowned upon.
Correlation does not imply causation, but an event can have multiple causes at once, and only some are allowed in polite discussion, and not everything should be attributed to only malice or only stupidity.
> but for some reason discussing these goals is frowned upon
Well, the reasons are obvious - execs don't like having their motives questioned by the little people, especially when those motives are self-serving and bad. How dare you question your betters?
This coincidentally aligns with business goals (watch our ads, replace your phone every 2 years, sync everything to our cloud because anything else is risky and cumbersome, do not integrate our devices with a non-blessed solution etc.) but for some reason discussing these goals is frowned upon.
Correlation does not imply causation, but an event can have multiple causes at once, and only some are allowed in polite discussion, and not everything should be attributed to only malice or only stupidity.