Not if you're inside the walled garden. That's what makes it a walled garden and not a walled, uh, prison.
The value proposition of Apple is that they're going to charge you 2x what they should for just about everything. But then, the software doesn't completely fuck you up the ass.
Which isn't even a very enticing value proposition. It's just that Google, Meta, and Microsoft suck so severely that it actually works. Consumers are actually willing to dole out double the funds for stuff that's slightly less hostile to use.
This is how I felt, I was willing to pay more for an Apple product that was easy to use, and straightforward. No bullshit on the back end like Microsoft. This goes beyond a "walled garden" because it's not about the garden, it's about the people who enjoy it.
You're conflating the vendor lock-in with attractive user experience. The latter can (and should) easily exist without the former, e.g., any good FLOSS product. You only would create a walled garden (in order to not let users escape) if you plan enshittification.
Walled gardens degrade user experience in the long term, because they artificially hinder competition by not letting users switch to a better alternative when it appears.
I agree, and FLOSS is gaining more and more traction, in my eyes, as the realities of this become known to common consumers.
But still, most consumers don't view it this way. Primarily because their usage of technology is not intentional. Which, unfortunately, also makes them prime targets to take advantage of.
