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My old MacBook was first too shiny and new to put stickers on, then it lived so long that I didn't want to waste stickers on a machine that I'd need to retire. It made it ten years before having weird bootloop issues.
To try to counteract my own neuroses I went sticker mad on its replacement immediately. It also helps with easily telling which way is up at a glance (I don't know how many times I had to rotate the old one when I went to open it).
You know, aside from the i9 MacBook pros, these are really resilient machines that will last quite a while. They don’t deserve the hate they get. They easily outlast gamer laptops that bake themselves to death.
That's why I buy 'em. All other personal laptops I've had over the years don't make it past the two year mark but I've been really impressed by Macbooks. I expect there's probably some amazing Linux machines with similar hardiness but I've not had reason to roll the dice on that front.
It will be interesting to see the long term of the asahi linux project. They are doing some absolutely incredible work without apple's help.