Ah yes, like my 2016 MBPr that's still working like new, and had the battery replaced afresh for pretty cheap last year at the Apple Store.
Looking at the price estimator, battery service is like $250. That's not cheap.
iPad had similar ill fated designs. I went to replace the battery of an iPad Pro and was offered a new one for the price of the battery, as a standard procedure (it's glued to the motherboard under all the other components, so no in-store replacement)
Completely unsupported by Apple. Doesn't get OS updates or security updates. No apps get updates for it anymore through the App Store.
Saying that using a 2010 computer when it's an Apple computer is actually one of the worst arguments you can make in this context. Virtually any other computer running any other OS is more supported.
My father has been doing embedded software development since the early 80s. Thankfully the only tech support messages I get are when I break things like their email.
Sure but the original point was that the hardware was "certainly not durable". Every one of my Mac laptops (except for the 12" 2012 MacBook which is my local emergency machine) since ~2010 is still in active use by family. There's nothing wrong with the hardwares.