Mark, I think most people agree with your sentiments, but not with your dramatics. Not every decision Apple makes is an indication of pure greed or evil. Why must you always take such an extreme stance?
Yeah, it sucks to pay for updates, but sometimes companies make you do that. Can't we disagree with this particular decision without condemning the entire company as a whole? Apple does a lot of stuff right, agreed? Surely we can find a common ground here. Once you temper your statements just a bit, I think you'll see a lot of people agreeing with you more often.
Not that that's the point though, right?