Why have folks in tech simply acquiesced to being abused by these monolithic companies? Sad how many people suffer from battered persons syndrome at the hands of these faceless organizations and just go back for more. The author makes so many cases for NOT ever using Apple again but- oh me oh my how happy he is he had his "email to Mr Tim Cook" and through their benevolence his account was restored. Keep rewarding bad behavior and you too will be the victim of it.

And before "there aren't any other options" for goodness sake this is HN. Go build your own environment on private silicon and buy a different brand of thing.