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I think Apple has become enough of a

crosses self, prays for forgiveness

/lifestyle brand/

...that it's going to take a massive misstep of some kind to shake people off the platform. A handful of UI misfeatures won't do it, even if it would do it to users of other software and platforms.

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Wouldn't it funny if sometime in a few years you'll need to take out a loan or lease the apple products instead of being able to buy them outright.

Cook is motivated by making his hill of beans as big as possible, rather than by being a super-cool dude who is the envy of other super-cool dudes. So I fully expect lease-with-no-chance-to-own to become the business model for some of the Apple range.

At least - Apple will try it. But I don't think it's going to fly.

Part of the Apple Magic[tm] is conspicuous display of ownership. Rent-to-wear won't have the same cachet.

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