Number one is because they've patented the trackpad sol noone else can use the newer style. Number 6 is madecompletely moot by the high price and the fact that many other vendors have laptops with BETTER build quality. Especially if you factor in all the engineering missteps they seem to constantly make.

Doubt me? Just look up Luis Rossman teardown videos. He'll show you actual macs from customers, that he takes appart onscreen, and shows you exactly how Apple makes extremely basic engineering mistakes.

Don't like him? Look up anyone else that gets under the hood of Apple products without being in Apple's cultish parts program.

[–] HEXN3T@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

..The speck of dust comment was, I kid you not, a direct reference to Louis Rossmann. I avoid GrapheneOS due to one of his videos. I use GrayJay. I suggest his repair store to others. The point is the outward build quality--the body--and not smaller internal components. Others are undeniably better.. but my hands aren't touching those components. They're touching the shell. Keyboard. Trackpad. Glass. That was the point being made.

In other words.. ratio.

EDIT: I'm searching Kagi for anything related to the trackpad comment.. and this just seems unsubstantiated. Apple doesn't own gestures. Nothing burger here. Quite a shame. I was ready for a heated debate, but dinner's already been served.

[–] Mir@lemmy.ml -1 points 3 months ago

Other vendors with better build quality? Show me some examples with evidence.

A louis rossman video is not evidence. All that tells us is that apple has made some mistakes in some of their products.