> In fact, before this incident, I’m struggling to recall Apple ever removing/crippling existing functionality
Mac OS X has had plenty of that. You buy a Mac Mini with a remote so you can use Front Row, and bam, Front Row's gone. But that is probably why Mac users are a lot more careful with updating their systems than iOS users are/were.
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> In fact, before this incident, I’m struggling to recall Apple ever removing/crippling existing functionality
Mac OS X has had plenty of that. You buy a Mac Mini with a remote so you can use Front Row, and bam, Front Row's gone. But that is probably why Mac users are a lot more careful with updating their systems than iOS users are/were.