I've provided my father (82 years, living 500km away from me) with hand-me-downs Mac laptops since 2009: from the initial Macbook Core Duo up to a the most recent M2 Air. He does web browsing and frequent FaceTime calls with me just for checking out how they are. Those little laptops last him until the battery dies.

He could very well be using Windows with a cheaper laptop, but I consider the amount of support hours that I've saved to more than compensate for that.

i agree on principal, but don’t forget…not everyone tries to thrift every purchase.

Some people don’t care about a $300 price difference (just an example) if they plan to keep it for 10 years. Good for them.