That little plastic slide cover people like to cover the camera with can crack the screen.

It's not that they're fragile. But in an effort to make a thin, and light device. The space tolerance between the screen and keyboard is very tight when closed.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211148 >If your work environment requires a camera cover at all times > >If your work environment requires you to cover the camera on your Mac notebook, follow >these guidelines to avoid damaging the display: > > Make sure the camera cover is not thicker than an average piece of printer paper >(0.1mm). > Avoid using a camera cover that leaves adhesive residue. > If you install a camera cover that is thicker than 0.1mm, remove the camera cover >before closing your computer.

I understand that it's "precision engineering"; and, that the result is a fragile product (they are not mutually exclusive concepts).

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fragile

I think you're also describing something that is "easily broken or destroyed".

Maybe Apple's superior precision engineering results in a product that is too fragile for their Dorito-eating users. Maybe they could apply that engineering to make devices with better durability.

Everyone knows you don't eat or drink around a computer. /s

But in all seriously, is this regular use? If I'm driving a Lamborghini, and I misshift, grind gears, and break a synchronizer is it my fault or lamborgini's for having crappy gears.

I have an old Apple Cinema Display downstairs in my workout room. I was disassembling a squat rack and stupidly let one of the tall pieces fall down, right into the monitor. Granted, the collision was ultimately between the hard plastic top and the monitor glass but the only "damage" was a streak of plastic I scraped off.

The whole point of using glass and aluminium was strength and rigidity. Guess it was all fashion, no function in the end.