> - users who have grown to realize all consumer tech is essentially trash, and recognize the marginal utility that Apple products uniquely offer: namely the fact that their products have resaleability, have a pretty well connected ecosystem, and at the end of the day, a physical store near you that you can take your product to.

This is a great point. A couple of my mates have had issues with their laptops and had to talk to the manufacturer, send it across the world at their own cost and wait forever to get it fixed. I've had plenty of issues with my macbook pro and it's not covered by warranty anymore, but the people in the store are happy to fix it for free out of goodwill and the repair is always fast.