No surprises here. Just like the lockdown on iPhone screen and part replacements, Macbooks suffer from the same Apple’s anti-repair and anti-consumer bullshit. Battery glued, ssd soldered in and can’t even swap parts with other official parts. 6000$ laptop and you don’t even own it.
Git gud at smd soldering dingdongs
On these machines they are proprietary SSD chips that you can’t buy anywhere.
* pulls out a hot air gun, looks sexily at the camera and winks *
“Yeah, baby!”