You must get really tired after destroying straw men all day.
1. It worked out great by fostering tons of invention.
2. Untrusted code with sandboxing works well for the web/javascript ecosystem.
3. Yes "HN users" want the freedom to run software of their choice. Discussing a single aspect where one system is better is not some total endorsement of the whole system.
Regarding #3 Android gives you that choice. The open source community didn’t just complain about proprietary software they created something. Linux wasn’t easy to install along side Windows on PCs. But they made a product that some people wanted and advocated for their position until Linux is now the most widely used OS on phones and on servers - including Azure.
1. It worked out great by fostering tons of invention.
2. Untrusted code with sandboxing works well for the web/javascript ecosystem.
3. Yes "HN users" want the freedom to run software of their choice. Discussing a single aspect where one system is better is not some total endorsement of the whole system.