Honestly though, I've heard the whole "case for webapps" since the original iPhone launched. Apple's support of new features in Safari is painfully touch-and-go, and ultimately they have no incentive to give you a premium experience unless you pay. So now we're here, for better or worse.
Apple could easily be incentivized to improve the App Store and first-party software if they let developers compete with them. They don't, though. It's a deliberate, arbitrary decision made by a group of people who's primary motivation is to not disturb the profit margins. You can make of that what you will, but methinks their way of computing is due in for a reckoning. Someone had to blink.
The reason people choose Apple products is because they want Apple’s curation. That’s it, pure and simple. Apple is profitable because customers value this.
Those who don’t like Apple have always had plenty of options.
But you refute the GP’s other point in any case - you think their first party stuff is great, which he seems to dispute.
All things being equal, if the closed store were a net negative of any significance, Android would be doing much better than it is.
Their comment honestly resonates with me - I also paid extra for Apple products because I thought I'd get a better experience. As time goes on, that experience has not lived up to the standard it should have. Apple's insistence on cagey behavior has turned me off their ecosystem entirely for personal usage.
I'm not refuting that Apple can't do this - that's for regulators and legislators to decide, not you or me. I'm more highlighting that they've made things very hard on people for much longer than they've been shitting on a benign crypto app. One might even say that they're known for abusing their market position, at this point.