My original comment was about each comparison fitting. The M1 is an expensive entry-level thin and light, but you get excellent performance and battery life. So it does that job well. But to say it has "no compromises" would say it could work for everyone. But it isn't a well-rounded laptop because of the screen size, OS, lack of GPU power, etc. Those things don't hurt you if you're happy with MacOS, the screen size, don't care about many games, etc. so it's not a "compromise" for your use case.

Not sure what that has to do with marketing - I mean you can buy based on marketing, but the original discussion was about comparing entry-level laptops and high-end laptops to the Macbook Air, and excluding Ryzen because they aren't in high-end laptops.