[retrocryptid]

I'm mostly criticizing the OS. When it sounds like I'm criticizing the hardware, I'm probably criticizing the company's inability to ship hardware with an OS that has drivers that work with that hardware (especially considering they control both the hardware and the OS.)

Why do I need to download a kext and monkey with defaults to make the charger work? This was the kind of thing Macs were supposed to free me from.

[Zetice]

You don't, is the point. The fact that you have to do those things (and not a meaningful number of others) make it clear it's a you issue, not a macOS issue.