Well, I agree with you. That people always claim the end is near for Apple, You also need to remember. There have been many Apple like monopolies throughout history. Many are gone now! In retail. Sears once dominated the world now, they're gone. Back in the day, Zenith and RCA sold all the televisions. That didn't last long. They were replaced by Sony and they themselves almost disappeared a couple of times in recent history.. Steve Jobs himself famously said once that he was using Sony as his target when designing the first Macbooks because they were so forward thinking back in the 2005 2008 time frame. They don't even make computers anymore!