I own Apple Stock, not because I like or had confidence in the business model, but because I understood when given choices, our population makes dumb choices and feels good about it.
Having said that, it is the one flaw in humanity I would love to see resolved.
That’s one of the reasons I’m not an Apple user. In fact, I have a hard time understanding Apple users, because you’re paying for a premium brand name that offers fewer choices, uses older tech (I still laugh that the $1,000 iPhone was using USB-C v2), is designed to slow down with every update to encourage you to buy the latest model, and — when Apple sometimes decides to discontinue your device (for example, those poor people who bought the last Intel model were in for a surprise only a few months after its release) — you’re completely abandoned, with virtually no legacy support, turning it mostly into a paperweight.
In fact, if it weren’t for Fedora Asahi Remix, most Apple computers would be e-waste paperweights. iPhones and iPads, however, do quickly become unsupported paperweights, since you’re quickly locked out of the store and stop receiving updates.
And about the Apple Store… that is it. Your choice is the Apple Store or bust. You cannot side-load apps or install apps from a third-party store or website, and you’re completely a prisoner to Apple’s whims. They even decide which apps can or cannot be installed on Apple devices. You don’t actually own your device.
Apple should not be successful, and yet so many people choose it. And why? Because it’s pretty? lol
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