[pwalker8]

And you can also jailbreak Apple devices. Early on, it was a very popular thing to do, though very few people bother doing so anymore. I jailbroke my first iPhone so I could get an app that would tell me the signal strength and location of the various cell towers.

Look I get that some people despise Apple's The Apple Way of doing things. It is somewhat amusing that some will excuse jumping through hoops to do things on Kindle devices or Android devices, but aren't willing to apply the same standard with Apple.

Apple uses content to sell devices, Amazon uses devices to sell content. Amazon makes an effort to put it's content on all sorts of devices. Apple makes an effort to allow all sorts on content on it's devices.

Apple Books appears to me to be a method to allow Apple customers to download and read books without having to get 3rd party apps or go to 3rd party web sites. It's basically an ease of use thing for non technical customers. They beefed up their eBook store to provide most of the books that such customers might want and to make it easy for those customers to find and buy the books. It's pretty obvious that Apple is moving in the direction that you don't need a desktop anymore.

It might shock some here, but a significant fraction of Apple's customer base never downloads Apps and goes to the Apple genius bar to learn how to use Apple Music and Apple email.

If you are someone who wants to do things exactly the way you want to do them, then odds are pretty good that Apple devices aren't going to be a great fit for you. If you are someone who just wants it to work, and only cares about email, messaging, facebook and surfing the web then Apple devices can be a good choice. I've watched my parents try to use Android devices and they find them very confusing. They find Apple devices much easier to use.