[romanoderoma]

> Then I'd probably buy a competing brand of car, if that bothered me?

But you also bought Apple approved tires, Apple approved child seat, Apple approved free miles on the highway and Apple approved breaking fluid

You can't use them anywhere else, maybe you can sell them, but you have to reset the car to factory settings

Whatever you bought cannot be used anywhere else, except another Apple car

That's how vendor lock in works, I'm European but I know US laws don't appreciate when a company locks users in