Apple's operating systems and hardware used to be rock solid, and absolutely worth the premium. I still like their operating systems better than the alternativ

Apple's operating systems and hardware used to be rock solid, and absolutely worth the premium. I still like their operating systems better than the alternatives; but not sure the bar is all that high. They're increasingly buggy; new "features" are either zero use or detrimental to my workflows; and I find myself hanging on as much due to ecosystem lock-in as due to any particular desire to stick with Apple. (That said, I don't particularly want to deal with the privacy and security tightrope of using Android.) Their hardware has totally gone down the drain. If I had the skillset to put the guts of a maxed out 2019 15" MBP into the chassis of my 2013 model (maybe with some extra room for more battery?), I'd do it in a heartbeat. If they sold that computer (or better, a 13" equivalent), money would be no object. But literally everything external about the current model is a downgrade -- and I don't mean in some sort of consumer-y "it's not as pretty" way. I mean every single thing about the interface is worse. The touchpad was perfect; now it's too big. The keyboard was great; now it's fragile and barely usable. There used to be a function key row; now we have that touchbar bullshit. We used to have all the ports you could need, and a magsafe connector (with an extension cord!); now there's just a USB-C port or two and ALL THE DONGLES. If I could buy a 4" iPhone with this year's CPU and RAM and camera specs and a goddamned headphone jack, I'd seriously consider it even at the enormous prices they're charging for the X. As it is, all the current phones are unusable to me, and I'll probably next end up with either a flip phone plus MP3 player or some weirdo thing off Kickstarter.