I'm not sure what else to say. I know that SSD fail from direct experience. This doesn't mesh with you. I get it.
So yeah a Mac or other device with a soldered SSD is less trustworthy.
I'm not even talking backup as best practice or some good idea. I'm actually saying that due to this pattern of unreplaceable SSDs, the cloud copy IS the primary copy. The local copy on SSD is now just a cached file. That is a very big difference.
This isn't even an Apple thing. But they are one of the first.
Simple but not easy. Difficult to enforce however.
Here goes:
Non-recyclable packaging for food items is illegal as a first step. Other packaging is staged for later. No more than 10 years to implement. No excuses for anything that goes into a home to have non-recyclable packaging after that 10 year changeover.
Fossil fuels can't be sold anymore. Fossils can be used for various long lasting purposes. Not for disposable purposes, eg face masks.
Computers and similar obsolescence landfill items (IoT) must be completely repairable/upgradeable and/or at least realistically reclaimable. No excuses. Companies failing to do this are billed for the existence of the item and must track it like nuclear waste. Think in terms of landfill storage fees.
Good to know that when I get a Mac I should remember to never store user data on it as primary. Must have active sync as primary. The local storage should really be seen as only a cache.
This article caused a bit more research summarised as: When that SSD dies the system is dead along with its contents. No particular recovery feasibly possible.
So, yeah, that SSD is a cache of the user data for editing local and a disposable boot device. The whole machine is a disposable client device with a built-in obsolescence time line.
Good to know.
(Add it to the list of other machines with the same design goals)
I'm not sure what else to say. I know that SSD fail from direct experience. This doesn't mesh with you. I get it.
So yeah a Mac or other device with a soldered SSD is less trustworthy.
I'm not even talking backup as best practice or some good idea. I'm actually saying that due to this pattern of unreplaceable SSDs, the cloud copy IS the primary copy. The local copy on SSD is now just a cached file. That is a very big difference.
This isn't even an Apple thing. But they are one of the first.