The steps they took to squash Facebook and the like (good riddance, fuck them honestly) all of a sudden have terrible optics if they push their own first-party

The steps they took to squash Facebook and the like (good riddance, fuck them honestly) all of a sudden have terrible optics if they push their own first-party ad platform. I'm not sure even the most devoted Apple fan could fail to see past that bullshit maneuver. It's one thing to stomp out little players, but when you can crush other giants under your thumb, the monopoly is clear. The operating system is all that matters, and whoever controls the leading operating systems wins. All the products some of us work on are absolutely useless compared to what the OS can deliver - we're all just services waiting to be swallowed up, ripped off, or pushed out.