Apple has “always” been Big Brother. I have been in IT since the 1980’s. Apple has always been a proprietary closed system. If you wanted to freedom with your computer than Microsoft was your choice. Why are gaming computers always Microsoft? Because you were free to modify your systems...
In my old town in the sixties, one side of town was occupied by “silkies” (Stuck-up silk-stocking preppies) and the other by “greasers” (”Always got an extra pack of cigarettes rolled up in their t-shirt sleeves”).
Fistfights were many; serious injuries virtually unknown.
Silkies drove new muscle cars that their daddies bought. Greasers drove whatever they built. Silkies couldn’t replace plugs and points; greasers knew every last lock washer.
I’ve always thought that the Apple vs. Microsoft/Intel divide had a lot of that same dynamic. Some people don’t want to hear about the technical details; others want to be able to diagnose and fix a computer problem even if it occurs at 3 a.m. on Sunday morning in a third-world craphole.