I know it would never happen, but I'd be ok with the battery pack living outside of the laptop itself, almost like an external hard-drive you plug in via USB-C. Could probably install a mount on the back of the screen it could clip onto.
My main point is that I'd enjoy the ability to cut full power to my device at my discretion. I've never been a fan of all the Mac background activity when I close my screen (auto-downloading updates, wake for wifi, etc).
I understand why you would want this, but obviously apple is never going to let something this ugly wear its logo. maybe if enough people demanded it, they could add a physical battery disconnect switch on the bottom as a $1000 option.
as I said before though, laptops with removable batteries are still being made by companies like lenovo. windows is not great if you're a paranoid person, but thinkpads usually play nicely with linux. if you're willing to carry around a laptop with an external battery pack and clip it onto the back of your screen, I feel like you should be willing to deal with setting up linux on a laptop ;)
edit: I'm actually not sure there are any current gen thinkpads with fully removable batteries. truly a sad day. you might be limited to enormous gaming laptops.
My main point is that I'd enjoy the ability to cut full power to my device at my discretion. I've never been a fan of all the Mac background activity when I close my screen (auto-downloading updates, wake for wifi, etc).