This in nothing new or surprising. Virtually everything Apple has engineered for decades prioritizes Apple's interests over the users in some way.
iPhones don't support memory cards or wired headphones for the same reason.
I tell all my Apple friends to name something their $1000 iPhone does that my $200 Motorola can't. I can name several simple, practical, useful things an iPhone can't do --- not because Apple can't do it but because they don't want to.
I made the mistake of showing an Applehead how I could use a Windows PC to archive photos from an iPhone to a memory card and free up space. This unleased a stream of requests from others to do the same.
This should be just as easy to do in the Appleverse garden but apparently it's not --- because Apple prefers you buy a new iPhone or pay for on-line storage instead.
iPhones don't support memory cards or wired headphones for the same reason.
I tell all my Apple friends to name something their $1000 iPhone does that my $200 Motorola can't. I can name several simple, practical, useful things an iPhone can't do --- not because Apple can't do it but because they don't want to.
I made the mistake of showing an Applehead how I could use a Windows PC to archive photos from an iPhone to a memory card and free up space. This unleased a stream of requests from others to do the same.
This should be just as easy to do in the Appleverse garden but apparently it's not --- because Apple prefers you buy a new iPhone or pay for on-line storage instead.