> Apple clearly must have some strategic reason for continuing to resist this model year in and year out Subscriptions make for more services revenue, and serv

> Apple clearly must have some strategic reason for continuing to resist this model year in and year out Subscriptions make for more services revenue, and services is their growth driver now. That's all there is to it. If there was an option to stop paying and keep what you have they would make less money. Same reason you now get what are essentially ads in the Settings screen "reminding" you about AppleCare+, Apple Arcade etc. Services services services. As a long time fan of Apple hardware and software it's pretty sad to see.