> Even if it is a larger evil competitor, these do seem like legitimate problems.

I’m asserting that they are likely to be legitimate.

My suggestion is that the reason we are hearing about them so much at the moment could be Facebook’s influence in setting a tone which encourages people to write about problems we didn’t otherwise hear about.

But yes - it absolutely could be a symptom of a breakdown in management somewhere in Apple leading to more customer unfriendly policy outcomes. It wouldn’t be the first time they have gone through such phases.