My wife was a high level government official in the finance and tax area; she helped me do some calculations showing that the government taxes (direct and indirect on the entire chain) make all the product prices approximately double, some more than triple. Nobody is complaining about this, even if people have no alternatives when paying for utilities or food, while a smartphone is by far optional: you can always buy a cheap phone for communication and you can easily live without apps on the phone (like we did until 10 years ago).

The point? I don't care about rip-off on optional products if I cannot avoid the rip-off on the most basic human needs. I vote with my wallet not to pay Apple anything, problem solved.