That may be your personal preference, but you should accept that 99% of people don't care about programming their toaster, so you're very unlikely to ever make progress in this fight.
Could apply this for anything complex and packaged.
I’m annoyed that I can’t buy particular engines off the shelf and use them in my bespoke approach, why dont car manufacturers give the approach that crate engine providers do?
Then I wish you the best of luck in your fight. In the meantime, don't drag me down or tell me that I'm wrong just because you, personally, don't want something that I want that also doesn't harm you in the slightest.
> If you sell me a CPU, I want the power to program it, period.
Uhhh, there are CPUs in your frickin' wires now, dude! There are several CPUs in you car for which you generally don't have access. Ditto for your fridge. Your microwave. Your oven. Even your toaster.
We're literally awash in CPUs. You need to update your thinking.
Now, if you said something like "if you sell me a general-purpose computing device, then I want the power to program it, period" then I would fully agree with you. BTW, you can develop software for your own personal use on the iPad. It's not cheap or easy (doesn't utilize commonly-used developer tooling), but it can be done without having to jump through any special hoops.
Armed with that, we can amend your statement to "if you sell me a general-purpose computing device, then I want the power to program it using readily-available, and commonly-utilized programming tools."
I think that statement better captures what I presume to be your intent.
> but it can be done without having to jump through any special hoops.
You are really stretching the definition of "special hoops" here. On Android sideloading is a switch hidden in your settings menu; on iOS it's either a municipal feature or a paid benefit of their developer program.
Relative to every single other commercial, general-purpose operating system I've used, I would say yeah, Apple practically defines what "special hoops" look like online.
I do actually want the ability to program the CPUs in my car the same way I'm able to buy parts and mods for every mechanical bit in there down to the engine. In fact we have laws about that sort of thing that don't apply to the software.
I mean this sincerely, are you really an Apple customer then? I feel exactly the same as you, and for that reason I don't buy Apple products. They are honest about what they sell, which I appreciate.
Ever notice people don't build their own cars anymore? They used to even up through the 60's. I mean ordering a kit or otherwise purchasing all the components and building the car. Nowadays it's very rare that people do that.
I'm old enough to remember when people literally built their own computers, soldering iron in hand. People haven't done that since the early 80's.
Steve Jobs' vision of the Mac, released in 1984, was for it to be a computing appliance - "the computer for the rest of us." The technology of the day prevented that. Though they pushed that as hard as they could.
Today's iPad? It's the fulfillment of Steve Jobs' original vision of the Mac: a computing appliance. It took 40 years, but we're here.
If you don't want a computing appliance then don't buy an iPad. I'd go further and argue don't buy any tablet device. Those that don't want computing appliances don't have to buy them. It's not like laptops, or even desktops, are going anywhere anytime soon.
> If you don't want a computing appliance then don't buy an iPad.
If you do want a computing appliance, then there's nothing wrong with having a machine that could be reprogrammed that you simply choose not to reprogram. Please stop advocating for a worse world for the rest of us when it doesn't benefit you in the slightest to have a machine that you don't control.
Stop being so damned melodramatic. I'm not advocating for a "worse world for the rest of us." There are a plethora of choices for machines that aren't appliances. In fact, the overwhelming majority of machines are programmable. Apple thinks the market wants a computing appliance. The market will decide. Meanwhile, you have lots of other choices.
Of course I would, and the only reason other people wouldn't is because they're conditioned to believe in their own innate powerlessness.
If you sell me a CPU, I want the power to program it, period.