Because Valve's customer service is pretty terrible once you get past the big picture items.

They can't ship the playstore but there's nothing stopping someone from installing gapps separately, much like you can do on the fire.

Google voice seems destined for the chopping block but when it works I love the product. Are there any viable replacements, even if they cost money?

Time to move away from the antiquated system of mailing lists. Web based forums are much easier to control and a far, far better way of sharing information with users. I hate coming across an otherwise useful site and then having to go to a mailing list to see what other users are talking about.

Only a linux zealot would think that users would be willing to dual boot. If windows does everything they need to do then what does linux bring to the table?

This isn't true. You do get a receipt for installing free products. When you download a free app you are basically purchasing it for 0 dollars. It protects you against price increases later on.

Yeah, I'm sure allowing people to pirate apps easier is near the top of Apple's todo list.