For a while Apple existed for Steve to make products he’s proud of. I have a very deep resentment for the App Store, because that was a turning point towards c

For a while Apple existed for Steve to make products he’s proud of. I have a very deep resentment for the App Store, because that was a turning point towards controlling the platform, and start of a feudal relationship with developers. They’ve went from (half-assed) open source efforts to outright banning GPL completely. They’ve went from trying to use open protocols to putting DRM throughout entire stack on everything they could. Apple has been high margin company with expensive products, but arguably worth the cost if you appreciated their style and attention to detail. But the OS and services side has shifted to just extracting as much money as they can, because they can. Their 27% cut on purchases made outside of iOS is just pure greed and spite.