That wasn’t a question.

They gained a cost reduction for a single quarter of a single year. No further thought was put into it.

So you were lying before, then.

Right, but none of them are new. They’ve all been around for billions of years.

Remote device bricking is cheaper than researching part wear for planned obsolescence.

Yes.

So trusting tech made by them is trusting them. Specifically, a less reliable version of them.

I don’t think their obnoxious behavior is completely unrelated. After all, people aren’t choosing windows phones or tablets either.

And they made the programs you seem to trust so much.

So you trust your slm more than your fellow humans?