[lapcat]

This reply was entirely conceptual and didn't give empirical evidence that companies "burning goodwill", as it were, actually hurts them financially in the long run.

Apple has become so big and powerful, consumers don't have much of a choice. The mobile OS market is a duopoly, with Apple one of the duopolists. What are Apple customers going to do, switch to Android? Google is almost 100% an advertising company, so the grass is not greener on the other side.

There seems to be a vague hope that someday this will come back to bite Apple, but that's all it is now, a hope. Meanwhile, Apple is still bringing in record revenues.

[naikrovek]

ok you're right, and cancel culture never happens on any scale or time frame.

how foolish of me.

[lapcat]

I don't know what you mean here. This seems like a non sequitur.