It’s far far too late for this kind of finger wagging. In developing countries, a smartphone is the only device many people have. You see stories of people learning to code on a $100 android phone and Bluetooth keyboard.
This trend will not reverse ever. What can happen is governments can force the companies to open things up. They don’t even have to regulate. They can just dangle the threat of regulation and companies will move first. Apple has been doing a whole lot to open up repairs and the OS. It’s not far enough but it’s moving in the right direction.
That's exactly what I said. It will not reverse, ever. The only thing you can do is the only thing anyone has ever been able to do: change their own behavior. And that is very easily possible.
I am not suggesting that everyone will change. I am suggesting that you, reading this text, chose to change. Or not, but I figure people on HN definitely have the positive liberty to be able to.
This trend will not reverse ever. What can happen is governments can force the companies to open things up. They don’t even have to regulate. They can just dangle the threat of regulation and companies will move first. Apple has been doing a whole lot to open up repairs and the OS. It’s not far enough but it’s moving in the right direction.