[mschuster91]

It took Apple well over fifteen years and the threat of lawsuits and regulation to come up with this portal. Their products still consistently score shit on repairability comparisons.

Yes Apple does do decent things in operations, but anything involving the consumer facing side has been "only Apple knows best" for decades. Operating systems being locked down? That shit started with Apple, Microsoft and Android only followed suit. Hardware using special screws, no 3.5mm socket, or glue? Peripheral sockets needing MFi chips? Again, Apple pioneered that consumer hostility, and look how they're fighting tooth and nail to keep Lightning instead of switching over to USB-C and offering an USB-C to Lightning adapter utilizing a custom Alt mode to offer backwards compatibility fot old accessories.

The only notable progress originating at Apple was the introduction of USB.