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It didn't really start recently. The openness about it, sure. The constant effort in malicious compliance with open standards, new regulations, and consumer lock-in are derived from greed and are not new.
Apple have had some of the best technologist and designers, but for sure have had the best marketers. I doubt they'll manage to keep everyone on board on this new low, though.
I am happy I started quite a few years ago with moving away from Apple software (this is such an effort in itself because of the lock-in). I still have their devices, however, I am looking to replace them with alternatives when they need replacing.
When Apple was the underdog they wanted open standards, and weren’t above reverse-engineering things like the DOCX format to make software. Hell, the original graphing calculator was written by a guy who’d been fired but kept working because it was a passion project.
Now that they’re dominant they want the same walled garden that they accused Microsoft of making 30 years ago.