I'm on a 2020 16" MBP. The screen blinks black as frequently and randomly as a human eye. The speakers audio pop frequently requiring reboot. Certainly not as bad as my lemon MBP 15" from 2018. But whether these continued problems are the fault of software or hardware I don't know. And does it matter? One of the draw cards of the Mac ecosystem is that the limited number of hardware devices should equate to more reliable systems.
An example, Macbook Pro back around 2013 had hardware volume and mute switches that worked instantly. Useful when going to a cafe, hitting mute as upon opening the lid to avoid blasting the room with music. Now with toucbbar, I get to the cafe, open the lid, the computer starts playing music and it takes 10-30 seconds to respond to touchbar controls.
I moved from PC to Apple back around 2005 for improved reliability, quality and simplicity. My first 10 years where great but the quality has declined so significantly that I've started trying linux distros.
I live in Indonesia. The authorized apple service here in Bali is so bad that over the last 5 years I've made at least one overseas trip a year for the sole purpose of getting a MBP fixed by an actual apple store.
On one case I flew to Sydney left it over the weekend. Picked laptop up on Monday. They had replaced logic board. Powered on, full charge, quick test, closed laptop went to airport flew home. Opened laptop in Bali, screen went black, laptop dead. Without ever plugging it in. There goes one return flight to Sydney. More or less same thing happened when repairing in Bangkok.
Such has been my adventure with Macbook pros since 2017, yet my 2007 27" iMac and 2005 Mac Mini work perfectly to this day.
An example, Macbook Pro back around 2013 had hardware volume and mute switches that worked instantly. Useful when going to a cafe, hitting mute as upon opening the lid to avoid blasting the room with music. Now with toucbbar, I get to the cafe, open the lid, the computer starts playing music and it takes 10-30 seconds to respond to touchbar controls.
I moved from PC to Apple back around 2005 for improved reliability, quality and simplicity. My first 10 years where great but the quality has declined so significantly that I've started trying linux distros.