This topic is a non-starter. Apple certainly isn't the only company that attempts to keep you from accessing and/or swapping hardware that they don't want you messing with. Torx and others have been around for years and are used by an infinite number of companies as is the "your warranty is void if this sticker is broken" concept. This is just an Apple hate troll. Apple makes nice toys that a lot of people are willing to pay good money for. You don't have to bash them or make them into an evil empire because they choose to run their business in a certain way or because you think their products are overpriced.
There is a difference. Torx is a standard, not a propriatary screw head like what apple is using, and 90% of the other computer companies out there use standard phillips anyway, and the others use standardized torx.
And the warranty sticker still allows the user to access components if they
want to, say if they want to upgrade after the warranty is over. If it is just a warranty thing, can I take my laptop in once the warranty is up and have Apple remove these propriatary screws so I can change out my SSD or Battery if I decide? No. See, there is a big difference here.
Not really. Apple's products are top notch. They are high quality. For the things you actually get (size, weight, battery life and looks are all feutures) the prices are spot on. I usually don't agree with them and I don't care much for how they do software, but hardwarewise it's usually spot on (this might not be true with Mac Pro's though).
Not really, usually the only thing that makes them "top notch" is a pretty casing. Once you get inside they are the same crap you find in every other brand. I was speccing out an Apple for a web developer friend, the base model Macbook Pro 15" actually. Spec wise it had a 2.4GHz Core i5, 4GB of RAM, and 320GB Hard Drive, and of course that pretty white shell, and it was $1800! I bought almost the identically specced notebook of newegg, an HP, for $490... And the HP is actually incredibly well build and solid. Now there are some exception, the Macbook Air is one of those niche products that really has no competition and probably deserves a little price premium because it is unique.
Now the Iphone is something else. I just got rid of my Iphone4(and ATT) in favor of the DroidX(with Verizon) and I'm amazed with the DroidX. The Iphone4 wasn't any better than the DroidX, if anything I like the DroidX better because it has far more free useful apps than the Iphone. Plus it has HDMI out right on the phone so I can connect it to my TV and watch videos I have stored on it right on the TV(great for travelling with hotel TVs). Battery life isn't as good as the Iphone, but it still lasts over a day, so it doesn't bother me one bit. Oh, and then there was the fact that the 16GB model was $50 less than the Iphone5, and for $50 I could upgrade the DroidX
myself to 32GB...
I think the whole "Apple is higher quailty" idea is just BS, after using their products for years, that people tell themselves to justify paying higher prices for the same product.