In short: I was tired of spending time on my computer working on my operating system instead of working on my projects. here is the rub: you are not working on

In short: I was tired of spending time on my computer working on my operating system instead of working on my projects. here is the rub: you are not working on your projects, you are working on AAPL shareholders' projects -- AAPL is a platform company with which they do as they please. Therefore with you also. Need an OS update? If your machine is new enough (AAPL gets to decide if it still suits your needs or not), then consider yourself lucky if you didn't physically switch regions.