My point is that with macOS, Apple writes the drivers which means at least as long as the hardware is supported you can be pretty sure that there will be prompt fixes for any issue. With Android, Windows or closed-source Linux drivers (cough NVIDIA) you're left entirely at the mercy of whoever made the tiny little component controlled by the driver to provide a fix, which then has to bubble up through the ODM/OEM until it finally appears in an update you can install.
If you want fast responses to driver bugs, you only have Apple or a fully open-source Linux systems as an option.
I can't see how the situation with apple is any better considering what you've said, you're still beholden to apple to provide a fix. Even if that fix might be quicker coming IF apple is currently supporting the device; not at all otherwise.
> I can't see how the situation with apple is any better
Because in the Windows world, there often are no updates after maybe 1, 2 years. Chances are high, if you look in Device Manager of any reasonably new system, you'll find a lot of drivers dating back to before Covid and that's 5 years ago. Chances are even higher that if you look close enough, you'll find something being exploitable.
With Apple? Their track record for support is around 7 years.
If you have macOS, it's supported until the OEM (Apple) stops supporting it. If you have Linux with some proprietary driver, it's supported until the OEM (e.g. Nvidia) stops supporting it. If you have Linux with open source drivers, it keeps working pretty much indefinitely.
Meanwhile 10+ year old hardware is serviceable for many uses. A 15 year old machine from the scrap heap could have 64GB of RAM, a different one could have a low idle power draw for a use where that's the only thing that matters. Put a cheap SSD in a machine of that vintage and someone who is just using web and email could keep using it for the rest of their life.
If you want fast responses to driver bugs, you only have Apple or a fully open-source Linux systems as an option.