Oh ok. For sure. It’s a discussion forum, people discuss stuff. I couldn’t imagine a forum where you’d have to own the device in order to be able to discuss it, or you have to have a specific issue in order to be able to comment. That would be nuts.
The requirement to actually own the device experiencing the issue in order to discuss it is also a straw man... because if a commenter DOES own the device that is experiencing the issue, then they're told that they must have done something to cause the problem. "Blame the customer" is a first-flinch response to problems with Apple products.
What we're seeing here is a community that is in transition. Apple products were always made to give Apple a healthy profit. As the cost to production dropped, so did the price. Not necessarily dollar-for-dollar, but that was the general trend. It is why the Macbook Air started out at a base price of $1800 but then steadily dropped over the years to $1000 MSRP (and discounted even lower)
But now Apple products are made cheaper but the MSRP remains the same (or slightly higher) and upgrades cost more on top of that. So even if sales volumes drop, Apple will maintain a consistent profit stream.
This is causing some in the community to reconsider what role Apple products have in their workflows. They're not so quick to buy the latest model, no longer eager to be "all in" on the Appleland ecosystem. They're seeing Apple products in a different light, not so easily embracing the hyperbole around the deficiencies in Apple's competitors' products, and becoming more financially circumspect.
There are others, in increasing numbers, saying that they "have no choice" because they are too entrenched. The reluctantly continue to buy Apple products.
The rest, they're happy as a clam with the current state of Apple products and continue to enjoy buying their products. But they are becoming increasingly defensive as issues are brought to light because it causes them to have to explain how they can still be delighted in the face of an increasing number of issues.
This is a transition from the community eagerly buying Apple products and enjoying them, to being splintered into different groups who use different Apple products for different reasons... sometimes "forced" to use what they see as an inferior product because of the hold the ecosystem has on them.
One thing that I try to do is to help those who are seeking advice. I try to cut through the positive hyperbole of Apple fans to show how a particular Apple product is helpful to the seeker, what is overkill, and what is not applicable. I try to cut through the negative hyperbole of the lower end products that try to convince the seeker to buy the more expensive option.
