I have an iPhone because it works nicely with my Mac.
You might be thinking "well all phones will work well with your Mac" but before I started with iPhones I had Nokias for years and that they didn't.
I've had generation after generation of iPhone because of my Macs.
If Apple give up or continue to put out poor value machines (they don't have to be cheap they just have to be good value to my business) then I'll move everything to other vendors.
If that happens I'll probably never return to Apple's ecosystem regardless of which segments of the market are most profitable to Apple.
You might be thinking "well all phones will work well with your Mac" but before I started with iPhones I had Nokias for years and that they didn't.
I've had generation after generation of iPhone because of my Macs.
If Apple give up or continue to put out poor value machines (they don't have to be cheap they just have to be good value to my business) then I'll move everything to other vendors.
If that happens I'll probably never return to Apple's ecosystem regardless of which segments of the market are most profitable to Apple.
It's like the halo effect in reverse.