You could just as easily bash Barclays now. Apple was never like Microsoft, which built a monopoly with its Windows software. There isn't a single Apple designed system that has a monopoly in its respective markets.
Furthermore, looking at Windows, you see version after version, with corrective patch after corrective patch, and the discontinuing of certain Windows versions more quickly than expected because of inherent problems with the software. Apple has never worked this way. They make products which happen to work better than competing products or software. And none of their products has ever had a monopoly, except possibly the early models of the Macintosh in colleges and universities. Even there, however, Windows has taken most of the market share.
My first Apple was the II+, which I used to start the first online investment advisory service (still going after 33 years). I then graduated from the II+ and accompanying Hayes modem to the first model Mac. All my documents prepared on that Mac are compatible with succeeding Macs through the PowerBook G4 with the system 9 emulator, which I still use. The newer Macs won't read the earlier system 1 - 9 files, but luckily, I have been able to print them either as PostScript or Acrobat pdf documents, effectively giving me compatibility for everything I wrote for the last 30 years.
I have two LG-G2 Android phones, which I bought because of the fast Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor. The phones indeed are fast and work well, some of the time. But they have glitches that you never see in the iPhones, and both LG phones have been replaced with new LG phones. I would have preferred the iPhone but I also prefer a larger screen. Maybe the iPhone 6 will do the job.
Is Apple like MSFT? No way!
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