If you've been following me for a while, I think you are aware of my love for Apple products. I use only one but I (mostly) love them all. For years I have praised Apple's hardware and software quality and the way they come together to provide a seamless experience.

This makes using Apple devices a delight and even today, that experience is very much satisfying even though it might have fallen a notch or two on that front.

But today's post is not about this. It is about the blatant greed that Apple is showing recently which a lot of people have noticed. Don't get me wrong. Apple has always overpriced its products and as it is a corporation, it always has and will favour profits.

But what is annoying is that it has gotten to a whole new level where they are not even ashamed of doing so and are just confident they can squeeze every last dollar from the consumers who just keep paying.

Putting Money First?

Let's start with one of the oldest pain points of Apple customers. We have all experienced iPhone and MacBook charging cables getting frayed after a relatively short amount of time. You just have to keep buying new ones costing you hundreds of dollars extra.

Next up is dongle hell. Ever since Apple killed the headphone jack in iPhone 7, its customers have been going through what is popularly known as dongle hell where they need to carry around dongles for connectivity for iPhones, iPads and MacBooks, due to their lack of ports! That's another way to make money off you.

Also, you must have noticed how Apple just keeps raising the prices of their already overpriced products. The entry level price for this years iPhones is $749 which was $699 before that and $649 before that. The maxed out version for this year costs $1449!! Even at such prices they don't include the fast charger in the box. You've got to buy that separately!!!

Next up is the more and more confusing product lines. There was a time when Apple's product lines were so simple and now everything is so messy, just like the time when Steve returned to Apple. They are offering so many iterations of the same product which confuses the customer, all because they are only concerned with making more money.

It seems like customers have taken a back seat as far as Apple's policies are concerned and now all it cares is to appease its shareholders.