How Hard Is It to Leave Apple’s Walled Garden? - How hard is it to leave Apple’s walled garden? It turns out that it is very hard even for the technology saavy. What’s worse, because the walls have grown slowly over many years, the magnitude of the effort gets hidden behind the proverbial beautiful trees lining the walls. “Wow, my iPhone photos are already on my MacBook!” “Great, I can use my iPad to respond to the text message I received on my iPhone!” “Phew, my Apple Watch can provide turn-by-turn directions from Apple Maps!” This video from Marques Brownlee’s popular YouTube channel provides an excellent summary of the issue and highlights several negative consequences.