[scarface74]

You’re free to choose not to have Apple features and get regular old headphones.

[oblio]

Individual responsibility does not work against $3tn corporations.

I personally choose to not buy any Apple product, but that's not going to bring the demise of Apple.

[scarface74]

So why does your personal choice have to bring the end of Apple?

Did Apple get to be 3 trillion by forcing people to buy stuff or buying selling things that people were willing to give it money for?

But by you choosing to not buy Apple Bluetooth headphones you have a worse experience.

[lmm]

> Did Apple get to be 3 trillion by forcing people to buy stuff or buying selling things that people were willing to give it money for?

A combination of the two. Sure, they had some legitimately good products to start with. So did Standard Oil.

[scarface74]

Standard Oil was commodity that people needed. No one is forced to buy Apple products. It’s not even what the majority of people own.

[lmm]

The majority didn't own a car in the Standard Oil days (and it certainly wasn't a necessity of life). But it was an aspirational thing to own, and de rigueur for those of a certain social class.