yeah it's fine at that price. i'm still using a 2017 one and it's a nice laptop
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Simply no. It's a five year old laptop, they're littered with issues/faults and Apple is killing support as soon as they can.
General rule on this sub "Do not buy an Intel Mac"
Nope, the Intel-based MacBooks from 2016-2020 are cursed with display issues ("flexgate") and the butterfly keyboard, among other issues.
The butterfly keyboard alone made me nope out and run a 2015 until m1
In my opinion, no. It’ll not be supported much longer(as in a few years).
No. There are no Intel Macbooks worth buying today except for extremely niche edge cases. Spend a little more and get something running Apple Silicon. It will be faster, quieter, cooler, and will be supported longer (or even, just supported).
2016 - 2020 are not worth anything these days. The 2016 and 2017 suffer from "flexgate" - in which the backlight cable is not long enough and eventually breaks - and they all suffer from "dustgate" - in which dust (or crumbs) can enter into the lower portion of the screen and break the tracks on the data ribbon cables, resulting in a pink screen to be displayed.
You're better off getting a 2015 macbook pro, or save up for an M series (in which Apple has fixed the dustgate design flaw - even though they've not yet admitted it to be a design flaw)