I think you’re right about the feeling. I know I fit the bill rather perfectly at least. I’ve had an/off preference for Apple products for about 30 years and it

I think you’re right about the feeling. I know I fit the bill rather perfectly at least. I’ve had an/off preference for Apple products for about 30 years and it’s mainly been driven by branding. I don’t think price has ever been a serious stopping point for me personally. Not because I blindly throw my money away, but because it’s usually felt worth it. My old iBook g4 was expensive, but it still works, sure it runs Linux now, and it’s too slow for 2019, but it works perfectly fine. So does my original iPod, that now lives it’s life as a hopelessly ineffective external HDD for third-backups. Recently though, Apple has lost the ability to make me feel good about their products (again I might add). It’s gotten so bad that I sold my MacBook Pro 13” i5 2018 edition and replaced it with a Surface Pro 6 also i5. The MPB never felt right, while the surface feels like something that was designed by Apple. This is completely anecdotal of course, but I find that I’m often not very unique. I mean, I’ve mainly bought Apple products because they “felt right”, so I’m fairly mainstream that way. If I’m not the only one who’s fallen off the bandwagon like this, then Apple might be headed for another no-jobs slump on the computer front. You’re probably also right about the closed eco-system. I mean, I’ve personally been looking for an alternative because iOS is too closed for me, but I do agree that most people probably don’t care. It’s not like there is an alternative anyway, at least not if you want security, privacy or the ability to install your banking app.