It's been my bread and butter.

Sort of a love/hate relationship, though. Anyone who is a seasoned Apple dev, has been incandescent with rage at Apple, at more than a few points in the relationship.

But the thing I can't forget, is the absolute torrent of derision and abuse from Apple-haters, telling me what a loser I was, for sticking with them.

Funnily enough, I've not felt like hating anyone back. Never worked for me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_tDj1BvEfw

Same, OSX was the only OS that worked with me when I was legally blind.

at least tech wise, at&t or maybeeee sun for me

You are not alone.

15 years ago I was thinking about switching my career to a different industry altogether, just didn't know what it would be. One thing I knew was that I was so tired of building web sites and backends. Boring, repetitive, uninspiring.

Then a friend asked me to write a simple iPhone app. I had no idea what development for Apple platforms would be like...

Fast forward to 2026, I'm 57 now, still in tech, building apps for Apple platforms, still enjoying it very much.

If I only had to pick one I'd probably go with Monsanto.