I would pay 2x or even 3x for this with working Asahi Linux patches provided in source code form on Apple's site.
What is it about this MBP that makes it so much more preferable to an MBP with M3 Pro/Max?
But Apple will never sell that to me, as far as I can guess. Apple is not a good person.
It's a company.
15 U.S. Code § 7 - “Person” or “persons” defined
The word “person”, or “persons”, wherever used in sections 1 to 7 of this title shall be deemed to include corporations
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/7