They don’t care about Intel macs anymore. The same situation happened with ventura, older computers actually can support it, but Apple blocked the update so you have to do extra steps to install it. I mean it’s Apple, the only thing they want is to sell you more stuff so obviously they want you to change computer every 5 years or so. I respect the innovative technologies they always developpe, but I really hate the way they do business. Older Macbooks are way better on linux anyway these days.