The M1 MacBook Air is the best computer I've ever owned
Yeah, right - if you choose to ignore the following:You can't upgrade the RAM, you can't upgrade the SSD, it doesn't have replaceable battery and you are forced to run a crippled OS on it (macOS Big Sur deliberately cripples VPN and firewall on it so that select Apple softwares can bypass them, allowing Apple better access and control over your data and softwares).(And if you don't care about any of the above, then sure, give in.)