@RockyC I completely agree, and yeah, it's a shame. They have the capability and engineering experience to make amazing products, but instead focus too much on building disposable equipment and locking down everything possible. These aren't e-readers that have their contents entirely in the cloud; they're meant to be WORKSTATIONS.
Another example I thought of; if my phone crashes and burns, no biggie, it's just a terminal for my data stored in a private self-hosted cloud. If a laptop dies unexpectedly, yes I have backups, but ideally I want to be able to move those drives to another device and keep on grinding.
As long as they hold their stance on consumer right-to-repair with their products, I'll never touch or recommend an Apple product to anyone. Simple as that.