Apple does not inflict unreplaceable batteries, or lack of headphone jack, or no power brick withe their phone, or no headphones with phones, or fragile glass backs. They made their choice and the other companies followed along.
I wish they hadn't done some of those choices myself, looking at you glass back.
But Apple did not coerce Samsung to follow along, and I doubt that they made economies of scale issues for the rest of the phone market given their <20% market share.
Samsung makes plenty of ads to take pot shots at Apple for these changes, and then a few months later they themselves follow suit.
I just don't think enough people care about those features to vote with their wallet.
I wish they hadn't done some of those choices myself, looking at you glass back.
But Apple did not coerce Samsung to follow along, and I doubt that they made economies of scale issues for the rest of the phone market given their <20% market share.
Samsung makes plenty of ads to take pot shots at Apple for these changes, and then a few months later they themselves follow suit.
I just don't think enough people care about those features to vote with their wallet.