That other half has the option to replace their phones if they happen to be so pissed off with Apple.
No. If half the population would be forced to leave their digital home in order to make things right, the landlord is at fault.
Let's not extrapolate your personal feelings on an entire population. The vast, vast majority of Apple users are very satisfied with their experience as evidenced by consumer satisfaction ratings.
That’s the problem though. When half of the people in United States have no choice but to leave their digital home in order to get some rights to use their own equipment without begging Apple... that needs to change.