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> why would you use such a sleazy company's product for daily driving

Because alternatives are much worse or not available for scenarios people need.

There, I've said the obvious.

That may sound obvious to you, but it's not for many, and this opinion of yours is shared by fewer and fewer people.

It should be a choice. They were or nearly were convicted for being a monopoly. For most users, they're not even aware there's a hardware/software distiction.

MS-Windows GUI has cashed on this unawareness since 95. "My Computer", "The computer needs to restart"... Being deliberately incorrect to add to the existing confusion.

Some things not having viable alternatives on MacOS/Linux/BSD/whatever-else is not an opinion of mine. It's just life.

I didn't mean that you were nonfactual, only that you overgeneralise.

More often than not it is just an opinion or to be more precise: learned helplessness.

What scenarios? Like installing an up to date web browser in which the user does everything?

If browser is the only software you use, good for you.

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