XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2025-12-26 16:44, Joel W. Crump wrote:   
   > On 12/26/25 6:36 PM, Alan wrote:   
   >   
   >>>>>>>>>>> Samsung's phones and Linux like I use, objectively, are for   
   >>>>>>>>>>> cool people, who choose the best.  Windows 11 is OK, for   
   >>>>>>>>>>> those who are less technically inclined.  macOS, though, is   
   >>>>>>>>>>> objectively inferior.   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>> And yet you've never been able to express how.   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> Apple is low-key.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> In what way?   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Don't feel bad,   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> I don't feel bad.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Why would i?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Because you paid Apple's prices?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> To get a product that works very well.   
   >>>   
   >>> Oh really.  Is that why AppleCare is such a big deal?   
   >>   
   >> First show that:   
   >>   
   >> Anyone thinks it's a big deal.   
   >>   
   >> Other companies don't offer extended warranties on their products.   
   >   
   >   
   > You have a point.   
   >   
   >   
   >>>>>>> though, it worked out well for MS Office and Adobe Photoshop, and   
   >>>>>>> so forth, they thrive on the Mac.  Winblows has its nice points   
   >>>>>>> but isn't really better *in every respect*, which is why macOS   
   >>>>>>> and Linux maintain such loyal followings.  I would never buy   
   >>>>>>> another Mac, but I understand the kinds of uses that would lead   
   >>>>>>> one to do it. Their presence in the market does matter, because   
   >>>>>>> it serves a substantial need among the public of consumers.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> Failure to answer the question noted.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> The Mac interface is under-developed.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> In what specific ways?   
   >>>   
   >>> It simply copies other OSes, being late to the game, never being up   
   >>> to date.   
   >>   
   >> Name such a copy.   
   >   
   >   
   > Just the fact that they glued their proprietary system onto Unix tells   
   > the story.   
      
   Not of supposed "copying" it doesn't.   
      
   >   
   >   
   >>>>> Even being a Unix flavor, it fails to act as one out of the box   
   >>>>> compared to a Linux distro,   
   >>>>   
   >>>> In what way?   
   >>>   
   >>> Is that not obvious to you?  Darwin has a great potential, but it's   
   >>> not a complete subsystem.  At the end of the day, Microsoft's WSL 2   
   >>> is better, because it implements GUI apps in a seamless-enough way.   
   >>   
   >> In what way is Darwin incomplete?   
   >   
   >   
   > Can I use macOS as a Unix flavor out of the box?   
      
   Yup.   
      
   >   
   >   
   >>>>> so it has to be judged by macOS apps specifically, and there are   
   >>>>> stellar ones as I mentioned and acknowledged, but on the whole it's   
   >>>>> quirky software by comparison to what is common with Windows and   
   >>>>> Linux systems.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Give an example of this supposedly "quirky" software and how it is   
   >>>> claimed to be "quirky".   
   >>>   
   >>> I didn't prefer Mac software, on the whole.   
   >>   
   >> Which doesn't make it quirky.   
   >   
   >   
   > My opinions carry extra weight, because of my identity.   
      
   You're a loon.   
      
   >   
   >   
   >>>>> This is why, objectively, I am right,   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Given that you never offer anything but your personal opinions, the   
   >>>> word "objectively"...   
   >>>>   
   >>>> ...is objectively being used incorrectly.   
   >>>   
   >>> If I like something, it must be really good, because I have objective   
   >>> tastes and judgments on things.   
   >>   
   >> You're a loony.   
   >   
   >   
   > And yet I have quite a following.   
      
   In your head.   
      
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