I don't hate Apple (outside of their patent activities, but I hate most companies' patent activities). I hate Steve Job's Jedi mind control ability that brainwashes the legion of Apple fans to the point of absurdity. But to a certain extent the extreme fans and fanboys will always be present with any product or company. Even Nokia and the N900 has them.

Apple makes great usable products that last a long time.They provide a great sandboxed system for the IOS platform that allows them to make sure everything runs smoothly.

Which is great for the average user out there who doesn't know what they're doing (heck sometimes I think some of the N900 users on this forum would be better off with an iPhone since they have no idea what they are doing).

But if you don't want a sandboxed system, you have to fight Apple with every update. Which I find extremely annoying (and why I tend not to bother with the ecosystem).

TLDR version: I don't hate Apple (not really, compared to other companies). I hate Steve Jobs' mind control ability. For example, when a person saying Apple is the best because it's the first company to have a forward facing camera on a phone I just shake my head at disappointment nowadays.