I finally bought the MBP for the reasons I gave before buying: my current MBP's keys were falling apart, and I could use a performance bump. I'll update OP for the sake of completeness and finishing the story, so to speak.
They are an issue, at least they are to me. The problem with the keys was ridiculous; it felt too much like programmed obsolescence. Now, my new MBP freezes from time to time when watching a video in fullscreen. So far, it happens in Chrome; in VLC it freezes like a second when scrubbing. It's also frozen, moving from desktop to desktop without any video anywhere. It was frozen as in really not moving: not the screen, mouse, etc. for up to 10s.
I don't agree. Apple has been an ******* of a company for a long time. I don't want to research the topic and bring issues and dates; I think it's enough to be lobbying against the Right to Repair bill.
I said before that Apple is not alone misbehaving, but I'd wager Apple wins the award. Plus, this is MacRumors.
It's not so much that this company screws up more than that company, it's the whole attitude on top of overpricing. Remember the entire antenna thing, "you are not holding it right" (2010)? That's what I mean.
