alt Hacker NewsA bit like saying that the pictures taken on a sony-camera can be viewed on any display.
Apples software only run on their own hardware and their hardware only runs their own software. It is a huge split in the ecosystem and any advance Apple has makes future of computing more bleak and proprietary and void of choice.
Their constant battles with right to repair alone is pathetic in its own right. And they had to literally be forced to give up their lightning connector, because their walled garden of accessories was just too profitable. Not sure how one can view that differently than what Sony did.
Only difference is that Apple has a borderline monopoly, which of course makes it immeasurably worse. Sony lost because of competition.
While those things are true, it's still a different animal. Yes, Apple's hardware+OS combo is a walled garden. However, while you can't easily modify that hardware, you can connect it to any brand of SD card or monitor or hard drive or keyboard or mouse or trackpad or whatever. You don't have to buy Apple-branded memory cards or other accessories. With Sony, you had no option.
I'm not arguing against what you're saying, but I think it's orthogonal.