False dichotomy. A cage restricting the rightful owner of a computer is not the same as a cage that the rightful owner can use to restrict untrusted software.

There is no reason why sandboxing needs to be evil. In fact this is already proven by the sandboxing efforts on linux where there is no mandatory repository and the user is always in control, its the applications that are not.

How do you think Apple are allowed to exist in China? Who gave you the impression that they're the exception to the rule for independence from the government's "oversight"?