Emotionally and somewhat rationally I side with the author.

The sad story is, that I would rather go caveman mode than use MS Windows.

In other words: Apple’s complacency will be left unpunished since there has never been a worse situation for an alternative.

I see none. None at all.

Apple is the new Windows XP for me. It is as crappy as it gets, but compared to any alternative it still leads by a fair margin.

Apple before the glossy crap was the amount of boring beauty, I loved to work with on a daily basis. Decent visuals without any distractions.

Glossy suddenly put me over the edge and I am glad to get a discount for mainly using the devices as business machines.

Otherwise: luxurious rot.