There were a crap ton more pages about the white spot issue on the iPad Pro 10.5. Like....tonssss. I see you over there so I’m sure you’ve seen it. There are literally 32 pages of people talking about it and how often it happens with new people chiming in all the time about how they were affected. I know I was! (But did I swear off iPads forever? Nah) https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/bright-spot-on-ipad-pro-10-5-screen.2115037/Yes, the link i put in my previous post. Also there was someone from the Wall Street Journal that made a video about it. I understand what you are saying, i'm just not sure that the issue isn't there. If it were overblown why would so many people be posting on the forum that's dedicated to the keyboard issue? there are a number of pages about it.
I just looked up general reviews and you are right, most people are positive about both the Macbook Pro and the Macbook Air 2018. A lot seem to like both the Air and the Macbook Pro.
contrast that with...what are we at? 8 pages on the MacBook Air keyboard and most responses aren’t even from people actually experiencing the issue? Most just seem to be bandwagoning like you are. Macs sell what 5 million a quarter? 20 million a year? I’d expect a hell of a lot more failures noted in threads like that. New people popping up everyday. And if this is a critical design flaw, then everybody should experience it right? Especially when people are looking for a flaw SO hard (being paranoid) with respect to their laptops.
I don’t think there’s anything wrong with your position man. It’s safe and as a consumer, I get it. It’s hard to ignore crap like this when the media is telling you something and all these warning bells go off. I had the same feeling when I was younger. The older I’ve gotten, the better I’ve gotten at filtering out noise and BS. Problem is being too “safe” can rob you off some great experiences. I’m the king of regret. Getting older, there are so many things I regret not doing because I listened to the wrong people. If I had to do it again, I would’ve taken more chances in life with a lot of different things. My MacBook Air 2018 I use every single day and love every minute of it. If I had given too much weight to what people online are saying, I wouldn’t have a year of great experiences with it.