That would be like saying when Apple switched from PowerPC to Intel CPU is was revolutionary. Switching CPU architecture to a different common CPU architecture isn't what I'd call "revolutionary".

ARM chips weren't new when they made the switch, other desktop OSes were already running on ARM by that point. Now, if they had suddenly come out with MacOS on something new like a quantum CPU, then we'd be talking.

I can find any that will be supported for longer though. Macs on average are supported for 7-8 years.

You think people complaining about Windows 10 computers were "only" supported for 10+ years will end up being perfectly fine when they realize that Apple supports their devices for years less?

Too bad Apple didn't with China and caved in.

If someone is dressed up in a Batman suit, more people will assume that it's being recorded and will also more likely be posted online. If they will be recorded and posted online, then people will "behave" better for fear of repercussions.

It's like that old study about what was the ideal lighting that will get workers to work harder. In the end, it wasn't the lighting that made them work harder, it was the constant monitoring that was known that their bosses would see that made them work harder.

According to the link you posted, Device support (patches) has little to do with it. It was only for 13% of people.

"What Are the Main Reasons for Replacing a Smartphone?
According to Joint Research Centre (JRC) research, aesthetic obsolescence is the primary (47%) reason to upgrade a device. Trends in the industry are evolving quickly, causing devices to go out of style.

The second most common (40%) reason to change a smartphone to the newer option is technical obsolescence. These devices don't fit consumer needs due to poor performance or breakages. Although some of them are too old to be repaired, the lifespan of the majority of these devices can be prolonged.

The least widespread (13%) reason is functional obsolescence. Usually, that happens with very old smartphone models that are incompatible with the latest updates of operating systems or appsâ€"for example, Apple maintains a list of obsolete and vintage smartphones that tracks such models."

Use KDE Connect.

https://kdeconnect.kde.org/download.html

It allows you to send any file wirelessly from any device to any device. Android to iPhone, iPhone to Linux, Windows to Windows, etc...

These are normal in the EU. You end up either asking someone who works there to open the gate or until someone else leaves.
They aren't fun, but aren't new either.

Choice is great and I highly encourage it. But there is no choice here, it's Apple's way or nothing.

Some are ok, most seem though to have lost their meaning though to me.
The Safari icon looks less professional, a little too "flat" and small.
The Image Playground is terrible either way.
Photo Booth now looks like it's for printing images, I would never have guessed it's true usage.
Automator looks like no one knew what it was for, and decided to make it some retro-futuristic 60's TV. At least a full robot kinda made sense.
The Calendar lost it's meaning. I get that it's a calendar but changing it to a list of dots just makes it lose meaning.
Font book now looks like it's the address book app.
Disk Utility now looks like it's supposed to fix the entire system (OS issues, etc...), not just storage space.
Image Capture looks like it's for downloading images from the internet, not from devices.

And so on...

They were being used just for IOS app development. You can't build for IOS without using Macs.

"Wow! You mean experiences vary???? Who the hell would have ever guessed THAT?!?"

You wouldn't have ever guessed that. As you mentioned before:

"However, I've never heard an adult who uses Apple equipment claim it as such."

Here you claimed that no one makes such a claim, aka everyone had the same experience in this matter. And yet this was in response to someone who literally pointed out most but not all do, aka experiences vary.

Might be because iCloud in China isn't the same iCloud everywhere else.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/111754

It's one of those things you have to do to sell in China. You have to give up your users privacy, and Apple was quick to offer that up for the Chinese market.

When you see a problem, you don't promote / boast about a worse solution, you promote a better one. It doesn't have to be a perfect solution, just a better one.

People like will complain that Microsoft only supports hardware for a minimum of 9 years and complain about e-waste, while boasting they use Apple who will only support their computers for 7 years....

The Tandy Zoomer went under the other name of the Tandy Z-PDA, so that might be part of the issue with timing it (and the whole OS function was also used by Casio). Here are some other sites that mention it from 1992:
https://www.pcmag.com/news/the-golden-age-of-pdas
https://lunduke.substack.com/p/the-tandy-zoomer-the-x86-pda-before
https://lowendmac.com/2016/a-history-of-palm-part-1-before-the-palmpilot/

But it does seem that it's OS is originally by Geoworks, not Palm (my mistake). (GEOS had been first released in 1986 according to the Wikipedia link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GEOS_(8-bit_operating_system) ). Now, the first version of it are similar to classic macOS, but then as you've mentioned and others know, that was based on Xerox Parc, so what have you.

As for the Newton being publicly demonstrated in 1992, there wasn't a functioning prototype so this becomes iffy to say how much it could inspire anyone. At least according to this link: https://thisdayintechhistory.com/05/29/apple-newton-announced/ As the concept is, an idea is cheap, being able to make it is hard.

(On a side note, from what I also was reading on the Wikipedia about Geoworks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley_Softworks is that it seems that Apple was going to also license it for their Powerbooks (1991 release) and they were going to use GEOS. "GeoWorks got into extensive discussions with Apple about developing a low-cost notebook laptop which would run GEOS but with a modified Macintosh UI. The idea got to the point that it was presented to then Apple CEO John Sculley. The idea was scrapped in favour of producing Macintosh PowerBooks with MacOS." But this is all I could find and how valid Wikipedia always is can be debated. But it does indicate that it's possible Apple had already started taking notes from the OS that was used so could be some copying of GEOS for the Newton.)