But you don't run iOS on desktop computers. If MacOS went locked down like iOS people would throw fits.

Hasn't it been heading in that direction for a while?

Actually, yes:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25074959

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24838816

And this one got cancelled after a huge public outcry: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28309202. Also, Apple never said that it's fully cancelled.

That is what iPadOS Pro is for.

The sales prove there is enough happy people, even with the complaints regarding some of its limitations.

It is called iPadOS Pro.

Are you referring to the iPad Pro or is there an actual iPadOS Pro I've never heard about?

Of course I am referring to what millions of people buy today, many of whom that is their only computing device.

Good for them, but what's the relevance, are you saying because people buy it's moral?

You get to see something that apparently you never saw.