XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: crude@sausa.ge   
      
   On 2025-08-26 6:42 p.m., Alan wrote:   
   > On 2025-08-25 12:55, CrudeSausage wrote:   
   >> On 2025-08-25 9:59 a.m., Alan wrote:   
   >>> On 2025-08-25 05:49, CrudeSausage wrote:   
   >>>> On 2025-08-24 12:47 p.m., Alan wrote:   
   >>>>> On 2025-08-24 02:32, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>>>>> On Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:52:22 -0400, Joel W. Crump wrote:   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> But no, buying a fucking Mac is not the answer.  It's too expensive.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> And lacking in expandability and versatility. All Apple’s machines   
   >>>>>> are   
   >>>>>> basically just glorified laptops now.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> And the OS may have licensed the “Unix” trademark, but it doesn’t   
   >>>>>> work the   
   >>>>>> way people expect traditional “Unix” systems to work.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Ask one of the original Bell Labs crew, Ken “Mr Unix” Thompson: he   
   >>>>>> has   
   >>>>>> given up on Apple and switched to Linux.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Sorry, Linux fans:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Pretty much everyone disagrees with you.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Honestly, MacOS is a more polished experience than Linux can ever   
   >>>> hope to be. Nevertheless, Linux is a more liberating experience than   
   >>>> MacOS can ever hope to be.   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>> People usually aren't looking for "liberating experience[s]" from   
   >>> things they simply want to use day-to-day.   
   >>   
   >> I don't disagree. Additionally, the number of people who actually want   
   >> to learn how the computer works is quickly shrinking. In most cases,   
   >> whether they are kids or adults and especially because of how popular   
   >> smartphones are, they just expect the system to be polished, easy to   
   >> use and hands free in terms of maintenance. Even people who are rather   
   >> technical are losing interest in the constant maintenance necessary to   
   >> run Linux or to keep Windows running. Bravo to the exception who have   
   >> never had problems with either Linux or Windows.   
   >>   
   >   
   > And let's be very honest: for ordinary consumers, you shouldn't have to   
   > learn how a device you use works. That is the evolution of a device and   
   > its utility.   
      
   Learning how your machine works is always a benefit, but while it was a   
   necessity in the 80s and 90s, it became more of a burden after that.   
   Most people just want to get things done with their computers, they   
   don't feel like learning a set of commands, no matter how powerful those   
   commands are.   
      
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