Yeah, in that regard it will grow. But as for bug reports, crash logs aren't everything (as someone who use to read crash logs and as someone who has submitted them before). It's helpful to actually have people tell you what was happening, etc..etc..

It's like a study I'm doing in virtual reality now, sure we can use the video we have of them drawing the room and the objects to figure out what they're doing. But by adding a verbal component we can not only tap into what they're thinking but also get there alot faster.

I disagree with you there. I don't think there's a need for an open OS as in open as in Linux is free or open to modify. But the winner will be whoever is open as in their OS will be found on the most products. Thus open to hardware.

As much marketshare and mindshare Apple has now, there is no way they will ever control the most marketshare simply for the fact that they limit themselves to their products. Their software, their products. But a competitor like Android or whoever else allows their OS to be put anywhere can be installed anywhere and everywhere. Eventually it would just outnumber Apple on sheer # of devices being offered and accessiblity to the population.

Will Apple still be successful say 50 years down the line? It's extremely likely simply for the reason their business strategy is "We don't need the mass marketshare, we rather have say 10-20% and charge a high premium on those and keep that percentage". And that's where they are today in the PC market.