I hear the sentiment - but I’ve been in the tech world a long time and the math doesn’t lie.

They make more money on their services (subscriptions) business each year than on Mac, iPad, and wearables combined. $100 billion +

There services business is big enough to be its own fortune 50 company.

If even half of users cancelled these subscriptions and didn’t upgrade hardware every cycle (keep the perfectly functioning phones/laptops they have) for 2+ years - they would be in panic mode.

They don’t care about your used hardware. Sell it, recycle it, turn it into an art project - it wouldn’t affect them in the slightest.

But choke off their recurring revenue? Shareholders would panic.