The Smartdisk 2x USB floppy drive, being one of the lowest ranking (9 out of 11) within a "Top Sellers" category of an already extremely miniscule sector, hardly proves anything more
than that it had been outsold by an $11, 800.00 Tandberg T80+ Slot Tape Storage Library, which likely amounted to one unit per every two years. The only things called into question here are your
insights and sensibility. When, and if, Apple removes a feature, the price of the unit is often reduced in tandem. Furthermore, purchasing a third party peripheral through Apple mostly benefits the
manufacturer, which takes the majority of profit, and allots only a small portion to Apple. Your conspiracy theory is, therefore, rather flawed - in sync with your logic.