32GB+2TB here, with TB3 RAID and XDR. No fan issues. I understand the author's frustration but extrapolating a single defective unit to "Apple doesn't care about QC anymore" is sort of bonkers.
Excuse me, but that's exactly the case here.
Only Apple can brag about "learning about mistakes" and then have temerity to do them even worse.
The MBP has poorer thermal solution than noname Chinese OEMs that market similar machines at $700-800. Just look at that wimpy single heat pipe and the radiator sizes.