I agree that the lack of hardware choice (or different "opinions" like a matte screen or smaller phones) is probably Apple's biggest flaw. But they're on a different level. One is an inconvenience, the other is utter disrespect of your privacy.
By the way, if you need a matte screen, third-party screen filters can help there.
I got a Kensington “Privacy Guard” that attaches magnetically and can be flipped around between the gloss or matte side. It may be slightly blurry at times but after getting comfortable with the reduction in glare and reflections, I dislike going back to the default Mac screens.
Apple has a lot of inconveniences that pile up. I want to like their ecosystem to the point where I dropped thousands of dollars to be here - but there's SO many day to day issues that I can't stay. My next laptop will most likely be a linux laptop and leaving my production workflows on windows on my desktops.
If they would pay attention to the usability of their machines they'd be amazing. But I can't afford pay thousands of dollars to work slower.
