Apple users do have a choice. Apple isn’t the only game in town. If those users disagree with Apple and want Tate shit, they can use a different platform.

Apple hit a sweet spot with this. x86_64 applications run at acceptable speed (making the transition easy for people who buy the hardware) while not being SO good that there’s zero reason for developers to start porting their software.

Podcasts seem to have figured out monetizing without centralization.

apt dist-upgrade will sometimes resolve this.

If it’s not internet connected it’s not that big of a deal