The iPhone isn't going to die. That is BS. The problem is, though, it will not change much more. However, it does make you ponder about how much more major innovation can really happen because they are already pretty advanced devices. We have really only gotten incremental changes the last several years, so are we at that point?
"Lack of innovation" is really a dumb statement; the wheel is round and you cannot innovate much more with it. I guess you COULD call them "Space Black" one year, and "Super Un-White" the next. Then, look at the "Double-Tap" feature on AWU2 that doesn't work on AWU1; it has been in Accessibilty settings and I recently discovered this so it is now on my AWU1...the watch that "doesn't support" Double-Tap. WTF?! How is that a "new" feature?
I think what WILL happen is that increasing prices and the walled garden will drive away users to other platforms; I think it already has and that movement will grow. It is certainly on my mind and I am looking into options. Also on my mind is the constant legal issues and bullying by Apple, but I guess when you are dining with the Litigant-in-Charge who leads by example you can get away with it. I am sick of the false ethics bragging coming out of CuperTimo. Maybe if they do the right thing to begin with they wouldn't be wasting money paying for lawyers and having customers subsidize their legal bullying.
With regards to the walled garden, why does it matter to ANYONE what I put on MY phone? This really pisses me off. I am the one who bought the damn thing. If I have the ability to put any app on it and it is a security/operational issue then that is MY problem to deal with; it doesn't affect anyone else's devices. But, I guess that only matters if it is a Chinese app...unless it is TikTok.
I don't want to hear "well go to Android, traitor!". That is more BS along with telling someone to use Gmail or WhatsCrap or any other app with lack-of-privacy issues (which, BTW, are on the App Store...). I honestly think all devices and apps should be interoperable for at least basic functions. It sucks that I am stuck with Apple because of a few things like Messages but I am looking at alternatives. FFS...my hearing aids will not even auto-switch when going from one device to another. If I take those out and put in my AirPods it magically works. But then I cannot hear.
The prices WILL continue to go up even if they automate every step of the process and make more and more profit (and they still won't repatriate manufacturing and their tax burden). That is why I think we need interoperability - I want the option for using another phone by any manufacturer I choose, to do with what I want to do, run any apps I want, and save some money.
