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.
You and I cared about the *nix (and maybe FCP or Avid). Not enough people cared when their business practices got exponentially worse. I think a big factor was the introduction of the mobile revenue streams.