Completely agree, Apple made a vast of unforced errors: beyond UI tastes there are bugs that could have been detected by a below average QA team.
(the payment process itself will likely fail with random obscure errors after being prompted for your Apple password the 10th time though)
I, personally, would _like_ a new laptop and am lucky to be able to afford to buy at any retail price point but I cannot justify spending on Apple at this time. Maybe they’ll course correct but it seems unlikely to happen quickly enough for me. Johnny Ive ruined the product side of the company and IMO they may never recover as Tim Cook doesn’t have the kind of vision it would take to pivot to making consumer first products again.
Granted, most of them are pre-internet.