I would not buy an Apple laptop regardless, but they at least addressed one of my major complaints:

No camera notch

Praise the...market?!

The author never links to whatever this Compose is, not explains it, IMO.

"Compiling!" (C.f. xkcd)

Yes. The threats are now from Apple and other vendors who increasingly want, build and enforce lock in.

Thanks. I actually have those two. I just never figured out how to get bluetooth working with them. The regular speakers or headphone jack work reasonably well.