so frustrating to read this in 2021, with memories of the personal computer in the 80s and 90s. The exact market placement of PC's was to break a dependence on a central account somewhere. Many, many people knew exactly what that meant, supported a plural market of hardware and software (in the West) with their individual purchases, and things were fun and interesting.
Trading software and hardware was more like trading books and records - in the privacy of your town and home. So many positives to this model.
We’ve entered the era of “computing as a service” outside the enthusiast / PC gamer realm. At the corporate level, this is literally becoming the case: the new model is to just outsource everything for corporate devices, including ownership of the machines, and lease them through a managed services agreement. But this rebundling is less obvious in the consumer space as PCs have largely been replaced by tablets and smartphones (which do follow more of an “as a service” model).
Ahah, Ahahah.... AhaHAHAHAHAHAH
Sure, the App Store is just full of Scam Applications that are "so hard to detect" that they top the App Store revenue chart,
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2021/02/09/developer-uncovers...
but Hey, THANKS APPLE, they CURATED the App Store !
(PS: if you got scammed and get your bank account siphoned off, or lost all your bitcoin, this is obviously Your Fault. Now that you have a problem, let's correct the previous statement : Actually, Apple Never promised anything, right ?)