Your current arguments are careless and without merit or substance. You just as might of suggested Apple was going to acquire Adobe. What you seem to have missed is included below for your edification.
Apple Education 101 for the editor...
All if not most of all Apple software has an obvious direction, called consumer to prosumer to pro. They offer solutions starting with the consumer and where it fits pro/prosumer.
Lets take a look at it from a bird's eye view, hoping this will help in your next assertion in editorial views.
iMovie-->FinalCut Exprees--> FinalCut Studio
iDVD-->DVD Studio Pro
iPhoto-->Aperture
GarageBand-->Logic Express-->Logic Pro
Review:
Looks like Aperture offers pro or prosumer solutions for Photographers not available in iPhoto. The fact that no other product existed prior Aperture was an opportunity for Apple to provide a unique solution not yet met by the status quo.
Is Apple Building A Photoshop Replacement?