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0 pointsTheDong2mo ago0 comments

I'm someone else, but I also feel like macOS is rubbish.

On linux, if I get a kernel panic, I can dig into the kernel, add debug logs, understand what's going on, and potentially fix it. If I want to swap to a scrolling window manager like niri, I can.

On macOS, it's a black box and any radar I file with apple vanishes in a black hole never to be seen again. There's hardly any customization, and the default UX is horribly undiscoverable and can't easily be driven with just a keyboard.

As a hacker, the above makes macOS garbage, and I'd assume anyone on hacker news would understand that desire to be able to understand and hack on the software you use.

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shinycode2mo ago

I also like to hack things but you understand that what drive Mac sales are not people who’d like to hack the system but regular people on a massive scale. Linux does not have this problem because there isn’t the same kind of economics involved in year-round salaries. So I won’t consider trash an OS who’s main target by far is not hackers, even though there is still some margin for some customization. Your point still stands that for you the OS is garbage. But you’re probably not the main user they have in mind when they develop the OS

foobarchu2mo ago

Lack of customization doesn't make it garbage, that makes it not your cup of tea. That's fine, but it's a far cry from garbage qualities.

Windows 11, and to a lesser extent 10, is indefensible garbage.

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