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Originally Posted by BWinmill
Agreed on the bribery part. On the other hand, Apple isn't exactly consumer friendly since they like a lot of control over their devices and how third parties can market their products on Apple devices. Apple computers are open enough, but they have been seen as a market leader in walled gardens. (Though that's not entirely fair since everything from mobile phones to game consoles were very restrictive, and the products very successful, long before Apple.)
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Here is another perfect example of cognitive dissonance.
Apple sells hundreds of millions of devices that consistently achieve the highest customer satisfaction rankings in their respective categories, yet they are anti-consumer. The reason Apple is supposed to be anti-consumer is that they establish "walled gardens" in contrast to "open" platforms. In reality, "open" is the greatest marketing buzzword of all time. Open means being the target of over 90 per cent of all mobile malware infections. Open means owning a device that is pre-loaded with non-removable crapware, spyware, and bloat by OEMs and carriers. Open means being denied OS upgrades, forcing early obsolescence, such that over half of the user base is still using operating systems that came out thee years ago or more. Open means being denied access to features, such as tethering, by one's carrier. Somehow none of this is considered anti-consumer. How bizarre.
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Of course, Apple's user base is part of the problem too. It is far too cliquish, which rubs people the wrong way. That was true in the bad-old-days when it was the underdog clique. That remains true today, when they're followers are faddish fashionistas.
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More cognitive dissonance.
Apple has sold close to three quarters of a billion of iOS and OS X devices in recent years and has a customer base so enormous that it defies generalization.
Notwithstanding, you and so many others simple-mindedly depict Apple customers as "followers," "fashionistas," etc. (rather than people who chose the device that works for them) demonstrating that you embody the very cliquey clannishness than you accuse others of evincing.
One need only look at this forum to see self-professed "Apple-haters" starting dozens of threads a month gleefully predicting the company's downfall, lambasting it for imagined and perceived slights, and insulting its customers. The contrary is conspicuous by its absence.