Many people turn a blind eye to Apple's absolute control over products and how they restrict a customer's freedom, because they trust Apple won't abuse that power.
That control takes on a new significance when it's handed over to the Chinese government.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/17/technology/apple-china-censorship-data.html
@kyle Apple already abuses it by making volunteer maintenance of chat applications significantly more difficult.