Absolutely... But the thing is that their products work great IMO (at least compared to PC/Windows)... Many people don't know/care about the proprietary hardware/software, which is a shame
Well played lol
I was never exposed to a Mac until around 16 years well after Windows 3.1. It was in tech school, when I quit insurance to learn web design. In a nutshell I found the Mac to be far more intuitive in how its GUI was designed, being able to compare both operating systems at the same under practical circumstances.
Yet to this very second I type this, the most profound consideration of why I have never purchased their products as a customer has never waned, IMO. - Their pricing. Which remains anywhere between too expensive to outrageous.
As far as proprietary hardware and software go, I find it to involve one primary dynamic that I loathe. To have a firm understanding of how such corporate entities inevitably favor their shareholders over both their own employees and particularly their customers.
Something I became acutely aware of working for such a corporation whose product and service was in entertainment and educational software publishing and development. While I was only a lead designer and later a website manager, my original job had me deep inside the marketing department, within earshot of both two public relations officers and a departmental vice president.
Adapting to Linux OTOH has been one continued breath of fresh air when it comes to an absence of a single corporate "hive-mind" controlling everything at the same time, without the perception of unilaterally prioritizing shareholders' concerns and equity first and foremost. Where routine updates are simply improvements, without having to consider their marketing impact to shareholders. That the product comes first, and ultimately the customers in the process.
In essence, I find the value in Linux to be superior to all other proprietary operating systems. Making it
a value well worth the effort to learn not necessarily a more difficult OS, but rather a profoundly different one. One of my life's best decisions, IMO.
Still, I have to commend Apple for me to have made the most lucrative stock purchase and sale during my nearly ten years as a private investor, compared to all other stocks.