But what can you do? If you want unix environment (and don't want support Microsoft with their telemetry spyware bullshit), and want retina quality text?

You're stuck with Apple, because nothing else like that exists. XPS 13 is close, but the scaling on Linux just isn't good enough yet, and there's the coil whine, and there's the touchpad, etc.

Apple has created a niche - high quality laptops with unix environment and HiDPI screens, and is the only one inside that niche and can do anything it wants with people who are in it.

It's sad, but that's the way it is. Apple has developers by the balls and know is.

EDIT: and this is really, really sad - and it's probably even worse on mobile, where you get to chose between Apple (bye bye jack) and giving all you data to Google 24/7, but I digress, sorry.