“They’re all in the same spot, and that spot is not under the wing.”
I guess the difference is that they put them forward because that was the BEST PLACE to put them on those airframes, rather than being forced to put them there due to fan diameter.
Regardless of why they are there, they are in the exact same spot as every other modern jet liner. I don’t understand why I keep reading comments about how insane Boeing is for putting the engines in front of the wing instead of under the wing where they belong, when there are no planes currently manufactured by Boeing or Airbus with engines directly under the wing. They’re all in front of the wing. This is not unusual. It makes me doubt that I can trust any other information in those posts.