Half of the population of early America didnt want to become independent of the British Empire.
Some people love the comfort of being told what to do.
A lot of people on this thread's comments saying how they love the walled garden: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36346254
I suspect apple users who love the walled garden are going to wake up someday and realize they've been seduced into more and more compromises that didn't seem like a big deal at the time - or like a frog being boiled they won't even wake up, they'll just find themselves locked out of everything interesting and cope in their "but I like the shinies so I must be happy" kind of way.
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I don't think it was half but you have a point, not every human values freedom over safety.
it was half. possibly more. The State of New York refused to vote to separate from England
3% of Americans joined the revolution.
what you think doesn’t matter.
what you know does. if you have no historical reference, don’t speak until you do. it just makes you look arrogant and uninformed.