<story><title>My App Is Dead in the Water</title><url>https://medium.com/@mds6058/my-app-is-dead-in-the-water-93a97a137eff</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>avip</author><text>Alas, a walled garden is not the opposite of freedom. Indeed, in many places, living in a walled garden will make you factually freeer than your fellows outside.</text></item><item><author>pashabitz</author><text>I think it&amp;#x27;s important to look at the broader issue:
&amp;quot;App stores&amp;quot; are walled gardens, policed by corporations and are the opposite of freedom. 
The web is open and free. 
We made a deal with the devil when we collectively decided to write and use apps and not the web.
This is just one symptom.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>wool_gather</author><text>Particularly in this case we should note that while there may be lost freedom for some developers, there is an &lt;i&gt;increase&lt;/i&gt; in freedom for some users. They gain the freedom to explore the wares available in the app market without spending (as much) time worrying about bad actors.</text></comment>
<story><title>My App Is Dead in the Water</title><url>https://medium.com/@mds6058/my-app-is-dead-in-the-water-93a97a137eff</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>avip</author><text>Alas, a walled garden is not the opposite of freedom. Indeed, in many places, living in a walled garden will make you factually freeer than your fellows outside.</text></item><item><author>pashabitz</author><text>I think it&amp;#x27;s important to look at the broader issue:
&amp;quot;App stores&amp;quot; are walled gardens, policed by corporations and are the opposite of freedom. 
The web is open and free. 
We made a deal with the devil when we collectively decided to write and use apps and not the web.
This is just one symptom.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Dotnaught</author><text>Your argument misrepresents the metaphor. It&amp;#x27;s the wall that&amp;#x27;s the barrier to freedom, not what goes on within.</text></comment>