DQ
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Y'know.. I can only give my own experience on this.. but I've been running macs now for 16 years.. my only complaint about them is they outlast the OS updates that are done by Apple over the years. Eventually a macOS update is released that will not work on a mac I have that is 10 years old. And you know what? That's fine.. I repurpose them as Linux machines and continue to use them. For 'overpriced hardware' I can safely say I've never gotten more mileage out of any machines I've ever used.. especially typical Wintel hardware - ever.
I get Windows is popular.. but then again so is McDonalds... I don't buy that either.. I have very specific use-cases for Windows that I use it for.. everything else I make a living with I use macs. YMMV, IANAL, YOLO, etc..
As I mentioned I think they all have their place. Windows is popular for a multitude of reasons and one of the major ones is it is hardware agnostic for the most part and is highly accessible. I am not saying one is superior over the other just speaking as to why you see Windows everywhere. I mean lots of folks have older Windows machines as well hence the whole issue with folks still running things like Win7. I repurpose WIntel machines all the time and run them for other purposes so that is not exclusive to one or the other.
The bottom line is I do not believe macOS ,nor the hardware they sell it on, is much of a priority for Apple (relatively speaking). They make most of their cash off iPhone sales so that is where their priority lays. Back in the day the hardware and software was competitive but I think Apple is happy (for now) letting it just languish a bit. I am sure when they choose to prioritize it again it will shift.