Not sure how the average stacker benefits from policing who innovates in the bitcoin space. It's not a zero sum game. If real (big if) this would be nothing but bullish and encourage further innovation.

Apple may have lost a step since Jobs but there's still a billion relatively affluent iphone owners who are are extremely loyal to their ecosystem. Just their airpods business alone dwarfs many billion dollar companies in revenue. Any pro-bitcoin gesture from apple would be another small step towards legitimizing bitcoin for the masses.