The fact is this was my first, and now only, ever experience with Apple. I’ve never had development locked to the whims of a third party before. I had no idea they had the ability to lock me out of using it because the entire idea is absurd. The reason the analogy is not perfect is that no other company requires you to buy a new piece of their hardware every seven years to develop. I purchased for Apple the same way I buy the rest of my hardware: buy powerful hardware so it lasts a long time without needing to upgrade.

This is a problem entirely of Apple’s own making, exclusive to only Apple, and it’s a problem designed specifically to extract more money from people. That’s why it was my worst tech purchase ever, and one I will never repeat.