Exactly, and I just don't get why the average Joe is so motivated to defend large corporate decisions these days. Maybe it's a way to demonstrate that they know

Exactly, and I just don't get why the average Joe is so motivated to defend large corporate decisions these days. Maybe it's a way to demonstrate that they know something about business and identify as "intelligent people?" I.e. "Well they wouldn't make as much then, you idiot - and why people who think like you aren't intelligent enough to work for them!" Anyone who has worked for a company the size of Apple should realize these all-or-nothing arguments aren't realistic. We have a lot of history of companies in tech rising and falling now, and anyone educated in that history has the ability to interpret Apple's recent choices as statements for what kind of legacy they want to create going forward...