The exclusivity of Apple-products is also visible in the structure of their main building in Cuptertino, SF – a ring like a bullwark with the function of a cloister. Just like the iMac and its intercompatibility, the 1. Book of Maccabees states how dangerous it could be to open up to what is strange (similar to the Book of Esra, which propagates the “purity of the holy people”).
So, this cynical game, in which the player has to keep his people “pure”.