You point would have been better made if you didn't lead with two relatively superficial things... MagSafe and Lighted Apple Logo?! That's why you think Apple no longer makes a good product? Really? Sure I liked MagSafe, but its not why I bought the laptop. And the light? never saw it lol. I tend to look at the front of my screen when working, not the back.
Then you go to ports. Yep, transition to TB3 was painful and costly, but now that I have made it, makes my life so much easier. You have to let go of your legacy cables and just buy the appropriate new ones. Shrugs. Progress costs. And sure I prefer 4 TB3 ports over 2, but again, hubs fix that issue when I need to. I don't often need to when traveling, and on my desk, not a big deal at all.
I agree there does seem to be more issues with bugs than one would expect or hope. But when I think back on the glory days of 'it just works' I realize our expectations were really really low. We got excited if we plugged in a printer and it worked. Nowadays we want seamless integration of not just peripherals but between 4 separate devices with widely different mechanics, my Apple Watch, my iPhone, my Mac, and my iPads... and I guess we can throw iPods into there as well. In simplifying our lives, the underlying technology has become much more complex. I am amazed at what does work. Not making excuses, just acknowledging reality. I could have improved reliability or increased innovation, but not both at the same time. Thats just not realistic. The reliability plays catch up.
or you can scream about someone taking away your nightlight.
You missed my point, probably my fault. But the issue is that Apple macOS devices just don't stand out any more for any reason.