Too late, Apple already has complete control in most markets. Not just in terms of market share, but also leadership - everyone else takes their cues from Apple. The larger population is also completely brainwashed at this point and worships Apple no matter how high the prices are jacked or how many features are removed. iPhones are status symbols, particularly among younger generations, and if you don’t have one then you’re seen as cheap or a loser.

microSD still exists for niche brands and the low cost segment of the market, but it’s never coming back for the phones we are talking about here. Everyone gleefully bought into the subscription lifestyle where they have zero control or ownership when it was affordable, and now they’re all crying about enshittification even though they were repeatedly told at the time that this is how it would go. It’s hard not to feel some level of schadenfreude watching these absolute morons struggling with the rising costs associated with their idiotic lifestyle choices.