I think Apple (Computers) can't be compared with organic food because Apple's business and operations model implies that everything is protected intellectually

I think Apple (Computers) can't be compared with organic food because Apple's business and operations model implies that everything is protected intellectually with patents. Protecting your manufacturing process via patents implies that "people at the side of the road" don't know how to make it. Otherwise the patent would be nullified. To stay with the metaphor I think we'd have to classify Apple (Computers) as a processed food manufacturer and not the same was as organic food, and also not as something that other people can easily grow themselves in their backyard. That would be probably something like a USB cable or maybe a touchpad or something, but even that far outreaches the knowledge of the general population that are not specialized in the area. Planting a seed and taking care of a plant to grow it, is pretty much doable by a child in comparison.