Comment by kibwen

> Apple is the only mainstream option where the hardware cost covers the experience, rather than your viewing habits subsidizing the device.

Years ago our refrain was "if you're not paying for the service, you're the product".

Nowadays we all recognize how naive that was; why would these psychopathic megacorporations overlook the possibility of both charging us and selling our privacy to the highest bidder?

In other words, Apple doesn't have a pass here. They're profiting from your data too, in addition to charging you the usual Apple tax. Why wouldn't they? Apple's a psychopathic megacorporation just like all the rest of them, whose only goal is to generate profit at any cost.