I have two MacBook pros, and a 27" iMac. One pro got dropped and the ribbon that connected the trackpad became detached. Took it to an apple store and they fixed it under warranty anyways.

Experiences vary. You'll pry my pro out of my cold, dead hands. Others could not care less. Really need to think about your workload.

Design work in figma? Air is prolly fine. Web dev? Air is prolly fine. Coding in a compiled language, editing video, working with ML models, etc? I'd get the RAM and thermal room of the pro.

Screen size desired also makes a difference. I won't use a 13.

That's my expanded advice. Hope it helps.