They added a lot of things since XP that I enjoy, like window management, multiple desktops. I don’t know if they were specifically requested by windows users, but contrary to your opinion they are welcome changes. Users don’t always know what they want.
My main issue with ebooks is not being able to sell them. I prefer them to physical books when reading, but once I’m done with a book, i don’t think I’ll ever read it again so I’d rather sell it to recoup the cost.
I deleted when they disabled APIs and my app stopped working. It was 13 or 14 years old at the time
It is unreasonable if they are not the one providing payment infra.
They already charge developers 100$ pa for the app store account. If that doesn’t cover their costs, they can increase it, but going after 3rd party payments is pure greed.
Apple is a patent troll so it serves them right. They think they can patent rounded rectangle, lol
To me that proves that the feature was in demand. That’s why it’s included now.