Turns out all those people dramatically saying they're finally moving off macOS for good don't really count for anything! Who could have guessed?
But look at the other markets, why would anyone switch off of the Mac for other use cases like development, A/V editing, Adobe Creative Suite apps, or design? This is debatable, but you could make the case that Apple is best-in-class for all of those, and there’s no other platform you could make that case for (e.g., Linux is clearly worse for A/V editing, and Windows/Linux for design, both missing core apps - note also I’m excluding high-end specialized hardware you’d find at a studio for example).
Migrating off of platforms is a huge hassle, and although they’ve skirted the line, they haven’t actually crossed it by hurting workflows (outside of Nvidia).
(In fact I’d argue that the worst casualties of Apple's bad Mac years were advantages that only Apple had. Apple had a thriving indie software ecosystem that produced one of the greatest platform exclusives in modern history, Sketch. That doesn’t happen anymore because Apple's approach to the Mac App Store prevents it. But that was an advantage only Apple had and therefore they could afford to lose it, because there’s nothing else to switch to that also had it. Apple were willing to sacrifice there own advantages for their security crusade, but they weren’t wiling to go all the way and block apps like Adobe CS and VS Code from running on the platform, which the security model they have been pushing for would require. Because blocking those apps would actually have resulted in lost market share, because those apps run on Windows.)
Just like any comment section anywhere in the world. Happy users don't bother writing about their experience.
When will these people listen to Stallman?! It is CRITICAL TO EVERYONE that we be able to compile Hurd from scratch.
Not to be flip, but you can do that on a Macbook Pro as well if you have the skills and know how.
But really, the vast, vast, vast, vast majority of people could not possibly care less about what people complain about in regards to the Mac on here. Is the hardware pretty and performant? That’s what they care about. Nobody gives a damn about running Linux on a MacBook Air.
(Maybe you mean Microsoft missing the boat on mobile? But that would be an odd comparison to make with Apple, who don’t seem to have a problem missing new product categories.)
That’s a fascinating take on macOS. Which just had a major release with significant changes in the reported quarter. Unless I’m mistaken it still installs compilers and third party apps just fine, the only “general” thing you can’t do anymore is modify system internals as extensively. Which seems pretty good for security, and not especially meaningful in terms of freedom unless you’re a fanatic.
I don't know what you think a 'general computing' device is, but as long as I can do my work on it then I'm happy.