And it's entirely our fault, as I said in my first comment. Had we collectively refused to buy locked down crap, they (or their competition) would bend over backwards to open it all up.
I did refuse at first, and tried Android and Windows and whatnot. And I wasted too much of my time trying to figure it out. At the end of the day, I need to spend more of my time living life and less troubleshooting.
Unfortunately, I don't know if a non lock down system is possible. The incentives for bad actors and the attack surface is so huge, I wonder what can be done.
