Apple didn't invent any of those. They took existing technology and gave it a lot of polish.
FaceId: Facial recognition and the ability to unlock your phone with just your face existed on Android before iPhone.
App store that actually works for customers not against them: I've never had problems with Google's Store, or Steam, or any other digital store.
Privacy respecting web browser: Uh...Firefox?
iPhone/iPad/iPod: Apple did not invent the slate form-factor every phone uses today, and they certainly didn't invent the idea of a tablet computer.
Simply put, Apple isn't a tech company. They're a fashion company that makes technology fashionable. They're kings of UX and marketing, for sure, but innovators? Definitely not.
Apple did not invent the slate form-factor every phone uses today
Ever seen a blackberry in the last 10 years? A phone with a keyboard? A phone with a dialpad? Literally hand held computing is divided between Before iPhone and After iPhone.
Google Store? You mean the store where they allow anyone to host malware? Just "google" the number of apps that have malware on the Google Store.
Face ID on Android? over 2 years since FaceId but Android still can't enable you to do payments using Face Recognition because they don't have confidence in their camera system.
Safari was doing anti-web tracking way before Firefox was relevant again. Lets not even talk about mobile Firefox.
Literally the iPod changed the music industry. Hold on think about this, a single device changed how people heard, distributed and discovered music. If that's not an invention I'm not sure what is.
To be fair, I also think Apple hires some of the most creative marketing and UX folks.
I'm not sure why you assume negativity here? I have been a happy owner and user of several Apple products throughout the years and I think that from a business perspective they have been really nailing down market timing, one of the hardest things to get right with new products. If you're really doubling down on this angle, then I guess we're all doing innovation in some sense as long as we're adding anything new. Is Tinder also an innovation because of its success?
FaceId: Facial recognition and the ability to unlock your phone with just your face existed on Android before iPhone.
App store that actually works for customers not against them: I've never had problems with Google's Store, or Steam, or any other digital store.
Privacy respecting web browser: Uh...Firefox?
iPhone/iPad/iPod: Apple did not invent the slate form-factor every phone uses today, and they certainly didn't invent the idea of a tablet computer.
Simply put, Apple isn't a tech company. They're a fashion company that makes technology fashionable. They're kings of UX and marketing, for sure, but innovators? Definitely not.