No surprises here. Just like the lockdown on iPhone screen and part replacements, Macbooks suffer from the same Apple’s anti-repair and anti-consumer bullshit. Battery glued, ssd soldered in and can’t even swap parts with other official parts. 6000$ laptop and you don’t even own it.
Doesn’t excuse Apple or anyone else. How does whataboutism help here?
It’s because the person who’s saying this is likely buying from another company doing the same thing, except worse, I’d argue.