Part of the reason for the rant against the walled garden is that it threatens a developers ability to innovate without being threatened&#x2F;limited&#x2F;taxed&#x2F;replaced by the gatekeeper.<p>Whether that&#x27;s better for consumers is debatable (plethora of choice isn&#x27;t necessary a good thing), but devs definitely give up a lot of power and leverage to the landlord.