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Similar longevity to Apple products isn't a high bar.
There's a decade-old Windows 10 machine around here that says otherwise.
And even older Linux machines.
And their hardware still works.
There's also a MacBook that started falling apart a couple of years after purchase, and an iPhone whose battery life has gone to hell in only a couple of years (meanwhile, some even-older Pixel 3as are still running like champs).
Apple hardware is junk.
My point is that most computers last longer than Apple ones.
God its like battle of the neckbeards, "quite incorrect kind sir, MacBooks run for years, challenge me again and I will make you rue the day! I tip my fedora to you sir! Good day!"
It's a good thing that the opinion of a neckbeard can hardly be called valid.
You are truly kind.
I am a source. Over the last few decades, most computers and phones around here worked fine throughout their service lives and either are still in service or were replaced because they became obsolete, but about half of the Apples suffered hardware failure of some kind—two Macs died, one MacBook's video cuts out if the lid is opened more than a couple of inches and its keyboard is very glitchy, and one iPhone's battery life has become terrible despite reporting 90% battery health. Seriously not impressed with Apple hardware.
I'm typing this on a ten year MacBook Pro that is running a currently supported version of MacOS and runs as fast as the day I bought it. I have two MacBook Airs that are eleven years old and still in secondary service. I have a pile of Dell and Lenovo Windows laptops of similar age that can still run but are basically doorstops or suitable for beater Linux or BSD machines, definitely not daily drivers.
Lucky you, I guess, because I sure haven't had such good fortune.
How is that possible? The almost-dead MacBook I mentioned is younger than yours and is stuck on Monterey.
Probably. I didn't say anything about how fast they are, because all common platforms in use today still run reasonably well on decade-old hardware.
If it had 10ish GB of RAM, at least. Browsers eat RAM like popcorn.
I'm guessing you didn't pay $2500 for them, though. That's down to specs, not manufacturer. Apple hardware is almost invariably high-spec and therefore quite fast, but Apple thankfully doesn't have a monopoly on fast computers.
'Fraid so.
Being blasted with ads is your idea of a better experience? You and I clearly don't live in the same reality.
The browser. You are forced to use Safari. Safari does not allow extensions or otherwise block ads. I use Firefox with uBlock Origin on my phone.
ABP is, ironically, adware, and probably also malware. You'd be better off with the stock browser.