I could offer some insights: I had my MBP's 2018 batteries recently swollen. Cost of repair is absurd ($800). I was using it as a desktop machine and I decided

I could offer some insights: I had my MBP's 2018 batteries recently swollen. Cost of repair is absurd ($800). I was using it as a desktop machine and I decided that was a bad idea. So I moved to Linux. Now I'm shopping for a new laptop (not for any work intensive tasks but just a portable thing) and Apple still has the best devices in the market despite all the problems I had. This was also my first problem with Apple after 6 years of using different products. So I can tag it to bad luck. If I was having these problems with every device, I'd definitely move to something else.