I was connecting your original comment to your reply: > Apple is doing everything they possibly can to suck every single penny out of it, at huge economic burd

I was connecting your original comment to your reply: > Apple is doing everything they possibly can to suck every single penny out of it, at huge economic burden The advantages you list, which are supposedly creating huge economic burden, are actually the very reasons that Apple is a huge economic success both for itself and its customers. Many people have decided they get more value by not having these things. And people like you who do want these things have great alternatives . This is the definition of functional market and is how economic value is created. EDIT: sorry, thought it was COGlory who replied. The rationale is the same.