Ask HN: Worth it to buy the Apple M1?

I know this has been discussed ad nauseam since the release but I’m still on the fence and looking for some perspectives from those who have taken the leap.

I have an old Dell gaming laptop that I dual boot Pop!_OS. It works well but has an Nvidia GPU that makes it heavy and I’m getting tired of lugging it back and forth to work (yeah, back in the office now).

Before the M1, I was planning to get an Intel MacBook and dual boot Linux on it. But with the performance and battery life of the M1, I’m on the fence. I know Linux isn’t supported natively yet, but I spend most of my time SSH’d into a headless Linux server anyway, or in a local Docker container. I hear Docker isn’t perfect on the M1 yet either so I would probably go all in on the headless server. I also do some React Native dev and the idea of a faster Xcode build is intriguing indeed. Thoughts? Would I be better off with a native a Linux experience or are the perf/battery advantages of the M1 worth putting up with Apple’s telemetry, etc?

Curious what others have experienced so far who bought an M1. Was it worth the money, and do you have any regrets?