Dear Holden, this is something you would hate about the world I live in.

Something you would definitely hate about the world I live in is Apple. Apple is an electronics company that pretty much has a monopoly on the market. They manufacture phones, music players, computers, almost anything—except everything has an “I” in front of it, and everything is so super-popular that everyone forgets about the other companies. Everyone has an iBook, iMac, iPhone, iTouch—well, lots of people anyway. But you would definitely be considered weird if you didn’t have an iPod.
An iPod is a music player. It’s like a record player, but it’s tiny and metal and square, and it has a little screen, like a movie. On the screen you can pick which songs you want to hear, and the tiny metal square plays it for you. You can plug the iPod into the iHome, which plays the music into a room at a louder volume. It’s a little like being taken over by robots. Practically nobody can live without his or her iPod, and it has spanned a ton of replicas that are nowhere near as popular. Samsung, BlackBerry, and Sony—all other competitive electronics companies—have created tiny portable music players that are like the iPod, but they just can’t beat it. I think this would drive you insane, because the little guy can’t get a word in! And you like the underdog—James Castle was the underdog, for one.
Another weird thing about the iPod is that people feel the need to make it bigger, bigger, bigger! In the first place, the cool thing about the iPod was that it was small and you could carry it anywhere. Now everyone is interested in the iPad, which is a big piece of metal with a movie screen that does what you tell it to do when you tap it. You can watch movies, do research, talk to your friends, send electronic mail, listen to music, and other things right in your lap. It’s really odd.
The most annoying thing about the iPod, which pretty much sums up the rest of what I’ve described to you, Holden, is the fact that it eliminates the need for people to get up and search for things. Nobody goes out without checking his or her iPod or iPhone first to see which movies are playing, what time the museum’s open, or what a restaurant is serving that night. It’s like nobody even cares anymore unless their robotic little friend has fed them the information they seek.
Anyway, Holden, that’s just a little tidbit. Since you seem to like going out and finding your way and generally exploring, and you hate when one guy takes over and influences everybody, I think you would despise Apple and their iPods and iPhones.