Apple has been all about proprietary products since the Macintosh. The iPod set the stage for the iPhone and the walled garden has only grown since then.

The port issue is just another in the long line of ways Apple leverages users that are deeply invested in their closed ecosystem.

> I get it now, whatever Apple does its wrong. Got it.

Hilarious. I didn't say it's "wrong", I said it's anti-consumer. It's clearly working to their benefit (and their) profit margins, which you agree with: "Apple is no monopoly (except on profits)"

I stand by my original statement:

"Apple builds its walled garden, inures its userbase to these types of nickel-and-dime, anti-consumer practices, and profits all the way to the bank.

It's fine if you love the products... but let's call a spade a spade."