> Please explain how I mis-used the term, considering the definition is: In economics, vendor lock-in, also known as proprietary lock-in, or customer lock-in, m

> Please explain how I mis-used the term, considering the definition is: In economics, vendor lock-in, also known as proprietary lock-in, or customer lock-in, makes a customer dependent on a vendor for products and services, unable to use another vendor without substantial switching costs. In what way does Apple lock you in? If you manage to switch to Apple, which is the more difficult task since you clearly have to buy their hardware and can't re-use what you already have, then switching away is as simple as installing Linux or Windows on the Apple hardware. > I didn't say this incident is the result of incompetence, I am saying their developers have illustrated a lack of competence in the past. Breaking with third party fonts installed. Breaking iPhone updates that require the use of another computer to fix a broken patch. The list goes on and on. No, you didn't say that, you are saying that now.