This is a shitty situation for consumers and I think the retailers are making a big mistake, but it is also somewhat amusing to see so many Apple fans white-kni

This is a shitty situation for consumers and I think the retailers are making a big mistake, but it is also somewhat amusing to see so many Apple fans white-knighting for Apple considering they are a company that has routinely rejected (on their walled-garden App Store) apps or app updates to already existing apps because they "duplicate functionality" (read: "compete with our stuff"). My reaction is similar to when Apple gets sued for patent infringement on dumb patents -- it still makes me dislike the current patent system for abuse, but at the same time a part of me thinks it couldn't happen to a more deserving company in a "live by the sword, die by the sword" way.