More like the general population doesn't understand how technological dark patterns are used against them. Blissful ignorance, while the rest of us, who know whats going on, suffer.

Customers aren't just phone buyers, it's app developers, advertisers, etc.

Technically those are suppliers, not customers.

How? They give Apple money.

That pales in comparison to the payouts Apple does to its software suppliers. Just making payments to a company doesn't make you a "customer" in any real sense.

It's the definition:

> a person or organization that buys goods or services from a store or business.

Is the money a donation? WTF are you talking about?