No surprises here. Just like the lockdown on iPhone screen and part replacements, Macbooks suffer from the same Apple’s anti-repair and anti-consumer bullshit. Battery glued, ssd soldered in and can’t even swap parts with other official parts. 6000$ laptop and you don’t even own it.
ThinkPad X series ultrabooks, equivalent of MacBook Air. T and P/W series have great screens too. T is like MacBook Pro, and workstation series is in its own class.