Ah, yes. "Fuck" the people that made your ecosystem the success it is.

Do you think that iPhones would be as successful as they are if it wasn't for the huge amount of apps on the app store? Without third-party apps it would be a very limited experience.

Here in Android land, we have moved to power adapters with USB-C port years ago, so that we only need USB-C to USB-C cables.
Maybe you should direct your complaints to Apple who were dragging their feet about fully adopting USB-C (note that the iPad and Macs had already been using USB-C for a while!).

Then they just do nothing and everything will stay as it is for them.
But other users, that want more choice, will have it.

Nobody is forcing third-party stores or alternative payment providers on users. They can alway refuse to change.

You do know that most "traditional laptops" come with an integrated GPU as well, so that there is no difference?

That "Socialist country" is almost certainly Germany, as this is exactly as these things are handled here.

SHOULD an insurance company run out of money their bills will be paid with the money that all health insurance providers collectively had to put aside fore exactly that case. A similar system is used to ensure that if a bank runs out of money the people will still be able to access all or a significant amount of the money they entrusted that bank with. I'm pretty sure that a similar system is in effect for banks in the US as well. I don't know if the health insurance providers are backed-up similarly in the US.

And yes, the insurance providers do sometimes increase their rates. But not because they run out of money due to having to pay for too many sick days. They know that this is the law and they calculate accordingly.

These laws ensure that if you get sick, you can concentrate on getting better rather than having to worry about how to pay your bills.

I know this is a strange concept for some people, but laws sometimes can be written to benefit the people, rather than companies.

USB or Bluetooth. As with any proper Gaming rig.

You didn't pay for Wordpad.
You (maybe) pied for Windows, and you know that a certain number of system apps come bundled with it. but the exact apps change all the time, and I don't remember seeing Microsoft advertising Wordpad as a part of Windows in... ever?

So you're not losing anything that was promised to you, but just something that you got used to having.

You really have a strange way of communicating, calling people "dipshits" and "illiterate" left and right.

So... when the GNU people forked Libreboot under the same name it was ok, but when others to it to them it's not?

Also, the "you have to defend your trademark or you loose it" stuff is not true (or at least not as simple as these statements make it sound).

Are skiplagging passengers the only ones that miss flights unannounced?
Airlines have to have robust procedures for this occurrence anyways.

This is not just true for rugged phones, as i already wrote.
Before this craze of glued-in batteries started, we had durable and water-resistant phones.

Maybe, instead of just parroting the talking points of the manufactures, you should check the facts.

Why is it that especially rugged phones, that are made to be durable and water-resistant, often do allow to easily replace the battery?
And there are non-rugged phones as well that combine replaceable batteries with being water-resistant.

The real reason why manufactures don't want replaceable batteries is that they can more easily sell you a new phone if replacing a dead battery is complicated and expensive.

That is the wrong question, based on a flawed assumption.
The EU isn't stopping these big companies from running ads. It's stopping them from running targeted ads without fully informing the customers.

So the answer to what incentive these companies have to provide their services is "less money than now, more money than nothing". Will these companies be happy about making less money? No. Will they instead opt to not make any money at all? Hello no.

By your logic I should be exempt from following US laws when I'm visiting the US, because I'm a EU citizen.
I'll refer the police to your legal analysis after my crime spree in the US...

Sure. But here, today, we are talking about Apple.
So how about you leave your whataboutism at the door? Thank you.