Last point is the result of the globalized world. I don't think any Chinese factory is the greatest place to work. The Indian and Vietnamese factories Apple will use always more won't be better. But neither are meat factories in the Western world.
Amazfit (Huami) is Xiaomi owned. One of the worst larger Call-Home offenders out there currently.
But imagine it were Amazon owned. That GPS would lead to Alexa recommending you a Prime purchase of condoms on Monday because it knows every Thursday you visit your Mistress. :D
Yes, the 30% is brutal. But they've lowered it for subscription based apps (depending on volume/subscription duration as low as 10%). Yet their main earner is still the hardware profit margins. Being a luxury brand definitely pays off.
And it sucks Apple Music has led to the return of DRM, which Apple was the first high volume music seller who removed it in iTunes (2005 IIRC).
Worse for the animals.
That is why I am getting into shape on a Tuesday ;D
I think we should have a bit more digital rights over our data.