I actually jumped the last time from ThinkPads (W and then P) to Dell Precision 7540 because I was angry about "dumbing down" of pro laptops and Dell seemed like a reasonable alternative and I was "sure" they will not do that too. I was really happy because overall (performance, reliability, etc.) I got the best laptop I ever had... Well, just the next generation it got even more dumb.
I'm a programmer, I need home, end, page up, page down AT THE SAME TIME as F-keys and arrow keys. Are we really such minority users? Not even mentioning those +/- and CE keys...
Exactly.
It's probably time to jump ship again before all manufacturers decide to remove Alt and Ctrl keys 😅. Or take another hit on willingness to work when not having the laptop docked.