This seems to be a common position, but a weird one. It seems like you are saying Apple is the best, but you are mad at them, even though nobody can do better.
I literally quit my job at Apple shortly after having this realization myself. It's actually a somewhat comical short tale.
So there I am sitting at my desk right outside the iPhone hardware team's main conference room. I don't recall who on my subteam I was talking with when an exec meeting was just ending from that room, but I distinctly remember exclaiming "We're not good, but we're the best!" before looking up to see people like my boss's boss's boss and the likes. Yikes. But also, fuck them all, they were probably having a meeting to discuss how they could calm down people about the 3.5mm jack they removed.
The only thing of note about it seems to be you personally making a statement at work that honestly doesn’t sound a million miles away from what Steve Jobs or Jony Ive might have said.
They were famously never satisfied, even though they thought their products were the best.
I guess I can only hope we fix these problems before everyone starts putting "smart" contacts in their eyes.
Because Apple practically has unlimited resources and power while Linux and its ecosystem doesn't?
This statement isn’t grounded in reality. If it were, it would make more sense to be angry that they haven’t solved world hunger and ended the threat of nuclear war.
Anyone claiming that it is getting worse is making an extraordinary claim that needs data to support it.
"Nothing is better than smoking" ;)
And before someone chimes in, yes I have used both the PinePhone and Purism platforms. They are promising, but not a suitable replacement yet.