Stop tending other peoples' gardens. Especially trillion dollar companies' ones. No sympathy here, we all know the drill by now.
As an experiment i tried an iphone4. Apple support helped register an account which didnt work any more for multiple reasons, the app store works just fine, you just cant get any software. Clicking on download does dl the apps but then it says you must upgrade your OS.
There is no software!
Developers say they have a version for it but you may not install apple says. What kind of deal is that? Its a good device, it could have all kinds of applications.
iWorks still works on my first gen iPad.
say, what does a video doorbell with a screen cost?
Reducing the functionality to a single thing it would do better as a proverbial alarm clock than my flagship phone where i cant seem to figure out how to kill all sound except from the alarm.
That’s my paraphrasing of your statements. If the customers are in the garden, you have to go to the garden. That’s easier than building your own.
Meanwhile, Apple built their castle in TSMC's kingdom ...