The preference has been stated thousands of times. There's nothing to debate. They won't give you root and power. The only question is what you will do to change things:

Do you:

- Buy open devices?

- Sponsor development of open devices?

- Start open device companies?

- Develop open software that competes with walled gardens in quality and ease of use?

- Sponsor open software?

- Use open software?

- Engage in lobbying?

- Drop exploits (that would be worth a pile of gold) to let people jailbreak devices?

- ...

- Fake-care or real-care?