Ahh very nice essay. I respect your perspective here but Apple was almost dead.

Then the iPod came and saved their business. The iPhone made it trillion dollar company. Even to this day Apple is still trying to find products to complete with the profitability with iPhone with little success.

The iPhone really changed the world. They pushed the boundaries of design and user experience to leverage the power of broadband internet, computer application, and telecommunications.

As you know before the iPhone the form factors of phones was all over the place Android phones copied a lot of what apple was doing to be competitive. They pushed the convergence of these technologies forward.

But I often think of all the people they employ to protect people and their platform. Just imagine the scams that would happen if the walled garden wasn’t there. We see the scamming with shitcoins when left unchecked people will sell you a bag of dog shit for thousands and think nothing of it, But as with anything it becomes too big and too powerful and I don’t think humans have found a solution to this problem. I honestly think taking a 30% cut of commerce on your platform is ridiculous especially when the company is worth trillions. Yes we have regulations but that picks winners and losers naturally.

The points you laid out are valid reasons why I been thinking of ditching Apple. But making huge changes in your computing solutions is tough especially when you have to answer the call of the fiat mines every day.