I'm not sure what you mean.
At first you seem to understand that this is programmed obsolescence, and in fact it is so, for those who want evidence can try to use a device for 10 years (a computer or a Mac, because all other products, Apple and not Apple, hardly get there); then you start saying that it's not like that, you know why you're a programmer, and you try to explain that it's an induced need, and that's true too (and that, I'm sorry, I'm not going to explain it to those who were born and live in the homeland of capitalism).
So what is it that you want to hear you answer? You already know the answers.
And there is no debate, here, because here, but also elsewhere, many pose as if they were shareholders or owners of Apple, and I hope they are because at least they have a gain to hold this position, and with those who have no doubts it is useless to confront.
P.S.: I've been an Apple customer since before many were born here.
I have had and have millions of Apple products, which I have maintained or stored, never thrown away, over time.
I know the haters and have faced them for decades.
I can evaluate the quality of the sw and the hw Apple, and it has decreased considerably in the last decades, despite the fact that the capacities of the sw are basically the same.
This was possible because Apple capitalised on the customer satisfaction index, which was among the highest if not the highest in the world, something like 97~99% of customers, 10 years ago.
And what do you do when you have such a high satisfaction rating? Simple, lower it, go between 90~93%, and with what you save in terms of investment in the product you greatly increase sales.
Et voilà, the numbers, even financial, of Cook.
