Neither nor, my dear. I highly respect good things and they make me happy (so I am thrilled with most of Apple's decisions).
In contrast, this stuff bears a lot of resemblance to the pathetic China-Alibaba gimmicks flooding the world. America can do better if it tries a little harder.
I am an engineer who quickly recognizes weak points.
I have to be able to do that by profession and I'm pretty good at it.
I'm not a sara schoolgirl bowing down to supposedly good design.
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These influencers really worry me: They only need to study the Chinese market (Alibaba), buy anything in 1000s of pieces, declare it developed and commissioned and then sell it in America for a factor of 5-10. Then fake a development story, and they're rich. That's terrible!
Real developers have a much harder time bringing really great things into the world. Apple knows this every day. And here my joy that after hard work also great products come into this world.
Another addendum:
"Shipping is set to begin in January 2023"
Design developments in a small team usually succeed in a few days or weeks. Rapidproto models are received in 2-3 days after commissioning, so the design freeze can be achieved quickly, technic which is not a topic here can take longer, production and logistics (China) take its time depending on experience (see above 23-01). Surprisingly, influencer girls (they replace the expensive marketing) usually claim that such stuff is produced in America, but rather hardly proven; those people want to earn your money. And Macrumors seems to be the supporting platform for such a business model.