Other non-Apple manufacturers following Apple, not sure how I said Microsoft come into it. If it's Windows, it's not Apple.
Microsoft allows people to make their own devices, such as Dell, Acer, Asus, Toshiba, Lenovo, etc. If Toshiba decides one day to make the battle in-accessible to its customers, is that Microsofts fault? Apple, on the other hand, strictly forbids distribution of their OS on devices they did not make.
And even if Microsoft was behind that (they're not), how does that make Apple innovative? iOS and Mac are very closed off. Windows is open almost entirely.
Also:
"Just got a new Windows laptop at work,
sealed battery, Apple leading innovation again."
You said you got a Windows laptop, and the battery was sealed off. And because of that, Apple was leading the innovation.