It’s just a simple value prop. Is the cost of increasing the payout worth the brand reputation? Well we can say with confidence what Apple determined the answe

It’s just a simple value prop. Is the cost of increasing the payout worth the brand reputation? Well we can say with confidence what Apple determined the answer to be. Only a few dorks on HN will care that a 5 year old laptop won’t get the new macOS update. 5 years is admittedly a bit short. But the M1 was a quite frankly revolutionary upgrade. So it’s a one off.