I don't think that it's the control of the ecosystem that affords Apple to dump x86. It's mostly that they can afford it. Their make money from iPhones. Their c

I don't think that it's the control of the ecosystem that affords Apple to dump x86. It's mostly that they can afford it. Their make money from iPhones. Their computer market share is still <7%, much of which is just hipster kids browsing the web that will not be affected much by the switch. I doubt Apple is the leading vendor even in the "creatives" segment of computer market. The bottom line is that they get to screw their computer users without really jeopardising their business.