The market has forced us all to buy Apple or Google. There is not a vibrant field of alternatives, and there is certainly a desert of hobbyist tech.

The market is now so depressed that everyone has to jump through these companies' hoops to participate in the most important computing form factor in the world.

Don't apologize for trillion dollar hyperscalers. They don't need your love, adoration, or apology. They do not care about you at all.

Too much power has accrued to these two and it's being leveraged against all of society and the open market. Competition is supposed to be difficult, ruthless, challenging, and frenetic. I see two companies resting on their laurels that are happy to tax us into the next century while we wear their little straightjackets.