Technology

Serious response: the average consumer doesn't give a fuck.

Most people don't know this is going on.

Most people couldn't care less about side-loading apps. They'll only ever get stuff from the app store.

And then there is the contingent that buy apples products because of their walled garden ecosystem. They want to trust the apps they download are vetted by apple. They don't care if the air pods don't have all the features if you use them on Android because they'll always have an iPhone. They don't care if they can't customize xyz on their phone because they like the design choices or will always adapt to the choices apple made.

If all of this sounds really shitty to you, you probably aren't their target demographic.

Continue not buying their stuff. It crazy how worked up non-customers get over this stuff. It's not like rabid apple fans are grabbing their pitchforks. It's always Android weenies(self included in that group) that do the bitching.

I have seriously considered switching the last few years because, at the very least, they pay lip service to privacy. They also have different incentives in terms of data harvesting since they don't also run a giant ad business at their core (Google). This type of lawsuit isn't the reason I haven't. It's dumb shit like not having a back button or knowing where basic things are.