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Why is it silly to need thirsd party software or return a machine that won’t let you use it?

Exactly. Imagine if you had the resources to create your own CPU and SoC, selling it as a product then saying "stupid software developers" when nearly every application won't work properly on it.

Because it accomplishes nothing. Apple has no control over third party software. Software developers fix their bugs, not computer manufacturers, which is indeed a silly expectation.

> it accomplishes nothing

It accomplishes letting people know the product is not ready for users.

> over third party software.

Obviously Apple has a huge amount of control over third party software. But that's not the point: even if they had no control, the product isn't ready.

Software that was not adequately tested or tested at all on a new system before release on a new system does not speak to whether the system is ready. If it's the software that isn't working right, maybe, just maybe, the problem is in its code. Usually, bugs work like this: experience the bug, duplicate the bug, report the bug, identify the bug, understand the bug, fix the bug, release bug fix update. It never works like this: experience the bug, blame and return the hardware. That solves nothing because it didn't actually address the bug, which is still there.

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