[smt88]

> Why would anyone buy a laptop with a non removable battery? It's crazy.

For me personally, it's because I never use my laptop without it being plugged in. There's nowhere I would want to use my laptop that I can't find an output (home, work, planes, airports, friends' houses, etc.)

The only exception I can think of is when actively riding public transit, but I never use my laptop in those situations.

A lot of laptops are also bought by people's employers and are a tiny cost that no one cares about (~$1,000 every 3 years for an employee making $300k+ in that amount of time). They don't care if the battery degrades.

[ahonhn]

When the battery fails (or decides it has failed) you probably won't be able to use the machine anymore unless you can disconnect the battery.

[Gigachad]

As long as the battery lasts long enough to last an hour or two in a meeting room, its good enough. But now I work from home permanently so that doesn't even matter. I'm glad MacOS recognizes this and only charges up to 80% to preserve the battery health if I ever did need it

The only time I ever cared about battery life on a laptop was in highschool where it had to last all day without being charged.