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I understand that Apple can't provide upgrades for free, but why can't I buy an upgrade for $30 or whatever? Better than throwing away perfectly good devices.

And they won't let anyone install any other software onto the hardware, so I can't even rely on the free market providing what I want.

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> why can't I buy an upgrade for $30 or whatever?

Because otherwise you won't buy new device for full price

Well yes, of course. That shouldn't be the determinant, though.

There probably also won't be enough people to pay $30 per year to justify the salary of the people to maintain it. Microsoft tried that with Windows 10 and largely gave up outside of Corporations which they had by the gonads.

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