You don't deserve this personally, and I'm genuinely interested if you have more insight, but I feel the need to vent: Really? What the fuck did Apple do, that

You don't deserve this personally, and I'm genuinely interested if you have more insight, but I feel the need to vent: Really? What the fuck did Apple do, that you gave them total control to dictate _your_ walled garden in the first place? I just don't get it. My best guess is Sunk-cost-color glasses,. From the moment they launched itunes (which is 15y old for me) I understood their value was a walled garden as a platform. Users as a commodity. Valuation as overlords. What ever gave you a different idea?