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I'm on Apple's side on this one. I know a lot of people who have worked, or currently work, at Apple, and a lot of other Apple fans who buy almost all of their

I'm on Apple's side on this one. I know a lot of people who have worked, or currently work, at Apple, and a lot of other Apple fans who buy almost all of their technology products from Apple. I don't think any of them ever bought an Airport. Airports were a lot more expensive than most consumer routers, and ease of setup is not a huge differentiator. With most routers, you go through the pain of setting them up the day you buy them, and that's it. Even non-technical don't seem to have too much trouble setting up their generic consumer routers. I would much rather see Apple focus its engineering resources on a good iPhone 7 than waste them on a wifi router that is not nearly as important to the company's ecosystem and revenue.

symfoniq 10y ago
My own anecdotal evidence is that there are at least two dozen Airports in my neck of the woods because that's what I recommended to friends, family, and coworkers who wanted a wireless router than "just worked." And "just work" they have. This post is being routed through a Time Capsule. My own opinion is that Apple is being shortsighted by culling so much of what made their ecosystem deep and wide. The bean counters are running Apple now; I wouldn't touch their stock with a ten foot pole.