The main reason I use Linux is because it's the only platform that actually respects me as user. Whenever I use MacOS or Windows I can't help the feeling that I'm being "monetized".
Normally we call this sort of stuff "bloatware."
It feels nostalgic but I kinda hate doing many things on macOS nowadays. If you don't need Mac only software, it's probably best to use something else considering the hardware costs.
It's actually more inflexible than Windows.
It only "gets out of the way" once you've been brainwashed into doing everything the way Apple thinks you should.
And surprise, surprise the "right way" involves not using anything where they don't get a cut.
you can't charge keyboard/trackpad (and probably a lot of other stuff) with (some, or most) non-apple blessed chargers. i was unable to charge the trackpad fully, even in a week; had it constantly connected to charger, couldn't connect to mbp as the mbp had only usb-c ports. after few warranty replacements, someone asked me what charger i'm using, so i've tested the usb-c -> usb-a adapter and connected the trackpad/keyboard to the mbp. it charged fully, and the battery didn't died in few hours. after that i've returned/give away all apple-made accessories. fuck that hostility
And last time I checked, there were 4 (four) external monitors in the entire world that could render a Mac without blurriness. So the vast majority of people using a dock with their MacBook are looking at a blurry mess.
All because Apple didn't want to maintain subpixel antialiasing.
I don't care for a laptop and their desktop offering is either absurdly overpriced (Studio Display) or way too underpowered for the price (iMac).
In a way, that makes it easier to not want anything from them, because nowadays on non-retina display, I actually prefer the font rendering coming out of Windows that whatever macOS is doing.
I really don't know why people have this opinion of modern Windows because that just doesn't match reality.
Exactly this. And one things proprietary software nowadays sucks big is being economical with my attention and not wasting it. Imagine this: One day, I arrived at work, logged in to the Windows box, opened the web browser to read new mail messages about the thing we were furiously and deeply working and, and what I got next was some in-browser news advertisements from MSN about sexually abused teenagers. You can imagine how hard I cursed. Try to place your boss some yellow press front page over the keyboard while he/she is having their morning coffee, and see what happens.
Well, maybe it does, but I can't get rid of the nagging feeling that it's respecting me in the same way a samurai warrior would bow at me, seconds before raising a sword and charging at me with its full might.