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I have an Ipad mini and I bought my wife one too. My work phone and my wife's phone used to be the Iphone 4S. We bought third party licensed chargers and a dock.

One thing that really pissed me off was how via an update all the chargers stopped working. These are officially licensed chargers and a dock.

Me and the wife had bought third party ones as our old apple cables often tear up (wife has OCD and after every use she ties up the charger and puts it away). The licensed third party ones were wrapped up with some material making them more sturdy and cat proof (I have a cat).

Its not so much about not liking the phone for me as much as it's about hating the company and their ethics towards customers. Everything they do pretty much comes across like the decision has come from really milking the customer. From their chargers, to paying astronomical amounts for memory, to buying their licensed docks to now buying their licenced headphones and adapters.

They essentially manage to find a way to make it okay to keep hiking up prices for things that should be affordable and basic.

Additionally, I hate their cult like experiences they try to create. I find the whole thing really cringy. I've seen enough videos from behind the scenes of their launches to make me want to go hide under a rock out of embarrassment.