I agree for RAM, but not for flash storage. The competition usually has as-good or even better flash throughput and IOs/second. The reason people are aggrieve

I agree for RAM, but not for flash storage. The competition usually has as-good or even better flash throughput and IOs/second. The reason people are aggrieved by Apple’s storage upgrade prices is that you can usually buy a high-end, entire NVMe device of a given capacity for less than Apple charges just for the upgrade to that capacity, and the NVMe will be as fast or faster than Apple’s offering.