[Spooky23]

Modern flat lithium batteries are fairly hazardous and Apple is very conservative in their approach to handing them.

They never want a Samsung like situation where the airport announcer says “No MacBook Pro 14” on the plane”. Additionally, because it’s Apple, there would be a media shitstorm if that happened.

[meragrin_]

They'll sell you just a "modern flat lithium battery" for one model but not another. It isn't about the hazardousness of the batteries.

[bioemerl]

The Samsung situation was because they shipped batteries that exploded without being modified in any way. I don't think that's a fair comparison.