I'm sure some people have use for it, but, as someone how's worked remotely a lot during the last decade, I've never had a need for laptop speakers.
Just like I've never had a need, on laptops, for optical drives, card readers, and lots of other features.
Sure, there's an audience, but adding bulk+cost+complexity to ALL laptops shouldn't be necessary.
You can have specialised laptops with ethernet+card readers+speakers for people who need extra hardware capabilities, without including this on mainstream general purpose laptops.
Just like I've never had a need, on laptops, for optical drives, card readers, and lots of other features.
Sure, there's an audience, but adding bulk+cost+complexity to ALL laptops shouldn't be necessary.
You can have specialised laptops with ethernet+card readers+speakers for people who need extra hardware capabilities, without including this on mainstream general purpose laptops.