&gt; I speculate that these hidden functions are a way for Apple to hold consumers hostage to their platform.<p>Whether on purpose or not, it&#x27;s definitely a form of switching costs.  It&#x27;s the same reason I stay on windows.  Though windows 8 changed so many things I basically had to learn all over again.  I can&#x27;t do basic tasks at times and have to Google instructions for how to do them.  Simply because they changed the interface.