By that definition, the OEM versions of Windows would be walled gardens too.

fsflover · on Feb 21, 2021

In principle, yes. But at least you can switch to a differently licensed version of the OS if this is your concern.

zepto · on Feb 21, 2021

Sure but the OEM version of Windows is not a walled garden.

You are just trying to make a definition of walled garden that isn’t what people generally mean so you can include MacOS within it.

fsflover · on Feb 22, 2021

Yes, it is. See the other discussion.

zepto · on Feb 22, 2021

The other discussion links to a Wikipedia article which shows that it is not:

Windows and MacOS have the same entries in the table which means it’s not a walled garden as defined in the piece.