You listed a bunch of things Apple has done recently or is doing now, and seem to be insistent that Apple's plans for the future are therefore clear. That is...

You listed a bunch of things Apple has done recently or is doing now, and seem to be insistent that Apple's plans for the future are therefore clear. That is... not a convincing line of argument. Apple's plans are entirely unclear. Things are deprecated or broken without notice. Surprises were tolerable when they were 90% positive. Now, when most of the surprises involve breaking keyboards, removing USB ports, removing the GC runtime entirely, etc., surprises are utterly unacceptable.