The quality of the software and the sacrifice of key functionality in the hardware (dropping of MagSafe, which was a huge differentiator, going to just USB-C ports which almost nothing supports, not even Apple's own in box phone chargers) demonstrates that Apple is purely a design house lately. It has completely faltered on the engineering side. Tim Cook is not an engineer and Jony Ive is not an engineer. There are engineers at the company but they don't seem to be getting a seat at the big table.
You talk as though you're stating facts. However I very much like USB-C for the usual reasons. Of course it's in the early stages, but personally I hook up all my peripherals to my laptop with a single cable. Much convenience.