Why? Lots of people more or less use their computer as a glorified web browser, with some zoom calls and document editing thrown in for good measure. 256gb seems overkill. My girlfriend is somehow still rocking a 2011 MacBook Air. She mostly just uses it for internet banking and managing her finances. Why would she want more than 256gb?

To think that they had the audacity to sell 8GB RAM too

Is it possibly because 256GB is the minimum spec of the MacBook Air M2?