[fierarul]

I'd estimate that the more one rationalises this the less likely to actually switch away from Apple.

It's actually quite simple: let things run their course. When the iPhone becomes too lousy, don't buy another iPhone. When the Apple Watch gets broken, don't buy another Apple Watch. When the laptop won't work, get something else.

Step by step you realise all the Apple gear you have is just broken or old stuff.

[bitexploder]

I am in that boat after some painful experiences with my 2018 Macbook Pro. Battery bloated and wrecked the keyboard and touchpad. That combined with the OS continued to go be "iOSified" I am out. Back to Linux for me. The phone... that is harder, Android phones just aren't as good as iPhones, and that is okay. The quality of both Macbooks and MacOS have been in decline for some time now and it is quite disappointing. Even simple things that used to just work like migration assistant required me to deal with errors in the process and it was not simple.

[fierarul]

Embrace the crappiness and call it stoicism.

My Xiaomi phone is nowhere near the iPhone but it does provide 95% at 20% prices. The smart band is no Apple Watch but it was $20.

The Lenovo is no head turner but it is 16 threads at 30% the price and the display is decent.

Just as Apple evolved so did the rest of the world.