[dylan604]

Apple has always? Sure, maybe today with collection % of sales from apps it looks like a software company. If there was no iDevcies, there'd be no need for app store. Your link is all about Cook, yet he was not always the CEO. Woz didn't care what software you ran, he just wanted the computer to be usable so you could run whatever software. Jobs wanted to restrict things, but it was still about running the hardware. Whatever Cook thinks Apple is now does not make it always been as you claim

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You know you might just have a point if you werent completely making that all up.

Steve Jobs consistently made the point that Apples hardware is the same as everyone elses, what makes them different is they make the best software which enables the best user experience.

Here see this quote from Steve Jobs which shows that his attitude is the complete opposite of what you wrote.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEeyaAUCyZs