Every artist, performer and creator on Patreon is about to get screwed out of 30% of their gross revenue, which will be diverted to Apple, the most valuable company on the planet. Apple contributes nothing to their work, but it will get to steal a third of their wages. How is this possible? Enshittification.
I think you’re missing the point.of the essay. He seems to be saying that Apple has decided what content you should be viewing and that they have captured the “free market” because no amount of consumer crying will change it.
Consuming the content another way won’t affect Apple in any way since they’ll keep repeating their behavior. The author is saying that the government regulators need to get involved to restore your rights on what you can do with a device that you purchased. Near the end he even goes on to say that you (a consumer) have implicitly waived your right to sue Apple for this.
I guess the only option is to vote or maybe not use Apple products (but are the alternatives any better?)