Yeah agree there. I had a 2010 MBP that I rather liked.

The M1 era isn't looking good based on the number of bricked/dead and iCloud locked machines I see on eBay either corporate discards or damaged and not worth repairing. Also low quantities of parts on the market as well. Older MacBooks and PCs were usually pretty heavily shredded for parts but the same is definitely not true for the new ones. I suspect we've entered a new era of e-waste more than anything.

My 2018 15" MacBook Pro has been used daily (since 2018) and still works great. I have never had a single issue with it.

My M1 MacBook air has had a logic board replacement, and is currently getting a screen replacement because it shattered from the light pressure of my finger while adjusting the angle of the screen. Both of these issues seem to be very common across the internet.

Before someone chimes in saying that I closed the lid on something and cracked the screen. No, It cracked while the lid was open, when my finger touched the display. Also it is the inner actual LCD that cracked. The outer glass sheet has no damage at all.

I still use two fully specced out 15" MacBook Pro Mid-2015. Battery lasts me close to 3 hours still on a regular work day.

My previous 2010 MacBook pro similarly lasted 6 years (until about 2016 when I got two of these machines).

Apple used to have a different league of build quality back then. It all started going down in late 2016.