I don't think it was controversial so much as they went out of their way to make it suck as much as possible. The base model m3 processor was grossly underpowe

I don't think it was controversial so much as they went out of their way to make it suck as much as possible. The base model m3 processor was grossly underpowered. They threw money at a retina screen but didn't drive it with any graphics support. And then they charged users a premium to be their guinea pigs with the experimental and deeply awful butterfly keyboard. In the past ten years, Apple has done a lot of things that are indistinguishable from negligently or maliciously flooding the ultraportable market with pure shit. Honestly, someone should file a shareholder derivative lawsuit for how bad they repeatedly, intentionally fuck up small form factor devices.