Apple makes money off the hardware they never should have charged for it.
Huh? Apple's a hardware company. They make hardware, they sell it, they make a profit.
What's wrong with charging whatever they care to? Are you seriously suggesting that Apple should not be permitted to charge whatever the heck they want for their hardware? That's how they make their money, and if they price their gear too high, enough people will tell them to stuff it, and the price will come down. They are successful capitalists. Surely you don't have a problem with that.
Apple's never been the low-priced option -- they don't sell to the low end. They occupy their mid-to-high end market segments on the basis of high quality, a cachet of being "cool", a reputation of good value retention, etc. Nobody holds a gun to a customer's head and demands they buy Apple gear.
You sound like you're just trolling. :) C'mon, I know you know better than what you wrote.