Agree with you entirely. Ken is right, though, Jobs doesn't run a government (thank god) but it doesn't undermine your point which is that we can choose to put ourselves into his hands or not.
The problem is, if you do (for some reason of ignorance or stupidity) make that choice, that's the end - he becomes your Lord Chamberlain and you lose access to the information you need to judge whether what you have is any good, you simply don't know what the alternatives are (and believe him when he holds up an Apple version of something that's been around for years and claims innovation!)
This is how Apple has lowered the standards and raked the pockets of Apple users for decades. How it continues, I honestly don't understand, but I have a feeling it may have something to do with people like Ken believing that this just isn't "a big deal". Then again, I've never understood popularity or 'cool factor' to be an equal factor to function when assessing anything, let alone technology, so I guess it's just not FOR me.