I’m not sure what your point is. The fact that people buy thin laptops without ports is exactly why Apple makes them. To the extent that Apple has changed their

I’m not sure what your point is. The fact that people buy thin laptops without ports is exactly why Apple makes them. To the extent that Apple has changed their direction (e.g. fixing the keyboard), it’s because it cost them more to not. Apple in general makes things people will actually buy rather than the stuff people claim they will buy.