> And yeah, it's true: that could happen to Apple! But it will happen to Apple when Apple's products have become valueless commodities, and we'll all be talking

> And yeah, it's true: that could happen to Apple! But it will happen to Apple when Apple's products have become valueless commodities, and we'll all be talking about something else (Tesla Home Robots, I dunno) that has captured the global attention as the new growth fad. Why should it take that long? AFAICS it'll happen the instant enough people realise what they're paying a premium for is fifty percent empty image and fifty percent lock-in and limitations. Just admit it: Having your online identity owned by Apple or by Google is a difference without a distinction. And paying twice as much for a device made by exploited suicidal workers in a Chinese factory as for another functionally pretty much identical device made by exploited suicidal workers in a Chinese factory is just stupid.