By now it should be clear that Apple intends to milk its ecosystem for what is is worth. It is also clear that there are plenty of people who seem to be fine with it - viz. remarks like "I'd pay $2000 for an iPhone to feel safe" as someone wrote here yesterday and even some of the comments in this short thread like "As a consumer I’m on apple’s side which is not all about top slicing cash". While I do not like Apple and its practices I think they should be free to sell to the faithful at the price the faithful are willing to pay. Those who do not like these practices should withdraw their products from the walled garden and concentrate the (much larger) market outside of Apple. Once enough products and with that users start disappearing from the walled garden Apple might change its stance.