Lenovo news was just a click bait which meant nothing. You can install FOSS OS as well as 5 years ago.

Yes and no. A lot of folks would be afraid to fiddle with their BIOS settings. Reading that step could scare some users off from trying—especially the sound of “disable ‘secure boot’”—but it's nothing a future Linux user should be scared of.

If you are afraid to fiddle with your BIOS, should you even be using Linux?

People shouldn't be afraid of technology, but we gotta come from a place of empathy—especially with people that are too old to have never gotten into PCs or now the younger generation who was raised on apps and mobile OS where even the file system is hidden, but really anyone can apply here. Linux, BSDs, et. al. should be for everyone. This includes easy-to-use interface for users with little current technical knowledge but also which means keeping some distros and DEs that don't belittle the experience power user.

Not belittling anybody.

But any grandpa or granny who can use YouTube, can do it simply by following instructions shown there.

People should at least be willing to do that.

I don't believe that there is any comparable hardware to the M* macbooks right now, linux or not.