Comment by WhyNotHugo

> Consumer don't care if the OS is proprietary, as long as it works

I agree entirely (and they also don't even care if there's a trustable party who they can trust, just look at how many people happily use Google).

And this is exactly the mentality that's gotten us where we are. Consumers don't care about these things, and then end up lock into vendor ecosystems like the one op is describing here.