People always complain about Lenovo in these threads, I think because they are held up as the “good non-Apple laptop” brand for whatever reason. I suspect this reputation makes people assume they can just grab any random model and it will work perfectly. That’s just a roll of the dice, maybe weighted in favor of working, but still random.

Sure, that's why there's now a dozen Laptop brands that ship with Linux compatibility in mind.

The touchpads on my wife's T470 and my T480 have very similar intermittent issues, despite her running Windows and me running Linux.

Especially since most commodity HW is in a constant race to the bottom in terms of pricing, calling them "lazy" is a huge slap in the face, especially if you knew how overworked and underpaid people in that industry tend to be.