Apple mostly tends to get defensive fanboys because of buyers remorse. Their products are extremely overpriced and Apple markets their products not as products

Apple mostly tends to get defensive fanboys because of buyers remorse. Their products are extremely overpriced and Apple markets their products not as products but as a lifestyle. If you buy Apple, that's to be "different", to be "the Elite". Even if this is pretty measurably false (owning an iPhone doesn't actually split you amongst lower/middle/upper class), a big part of their marketing is aimed at making a (prospective) customer feel like this. This leads to a particular type of consumerism where criticizing Apple becomes criticizing Apple buyers, even when that criticism is purely aimed at the company. Like, I think Apple makes good hardware (a good form factor is worth something and their devices "feel" good to use in your hand) and cynically exploits vague concerns about software security and privacy to lock down it's software and make more money from it's customers (and therefore support antitrust action against them), but by saying that, in the eyes of an Apple buyer, I'd just be a "hater".