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Apple is targeting the population that has no need for upgrades.

Watching videos, browsing internet, sharing pictures and videos, video calling and basic spreadsheet/word processing needs no upgrades.

I use a 2015 MacBook Air and I don’t need an upgrade, and I probably do more on my laptop than 80% of people.

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> Apple is targeting the population that has no need for upgrades.

And also those who very frequently do backups, because restoring the data from a failed SSD would be problematic.

Yes, Apple is also probably not targeting the population of people who cannot backup to iCloud and also not backup regularly to a NAS or USB via Time Machine.

Time Machine takes hourly backups. Setup consists of selecting a target and checking a box.

well what about macbook pro series? professionals constantly WANT to have ability to upgrade devices down the road, but Apple simply denies it.

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