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This won't be controversial at all (sh.itjust.works)
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cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/68636679

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[–] 3 points 2 weeks ago (17 children)

Having used a Mac in a professional technical field for almost 20 years these threads are always fun. “It’s locked down! It’s an OS for babies! You can’t do anything with it! Mac users are stupid noobs!”

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  • [–] 9 points 2 weeks ago (13 children)

    Well, you being professional with a Mac and the other expressions aren't mutually exclusive 😁

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (12 children)

    Guess the 75-80% of other folks I work with are stupid noobs for using a Mac and never did anything because it was so locked down.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

    Well, you either care for freedom and privacy, or you don't. MacOS might have its benefits (and surely beats Microsoft), but the price is too high. And I don't mean the financial one.

    Personally, I've yet to see someone that really KNOWS computers but prefers Apple. Those, that just want a device that works without magic, are usually the ones going for it. To a very special kind of people it's even a brand-thing.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago (7 children)

    It’s a work computer. I have neither freedom nor privacy.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

    Well, then others made that decision for you. If you like Mac or not stopped mattering then 😉

    Luckily in these few times I tried working, I had the choice. Would've quit if there were privacy - concerns, though I might be a bit picky with my data...

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago (5 children)

    I will ad that lately people working on Limux Machines has become much more common. However, they still make me do the demos because every screen sharing app works on my Mac, no matter what the client is using.

    (Plus I’m good at demos.)

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago (4 children)

    Well of course they work on Mac. It's a closed system, a walled garden of compability. Its main selling-point for the technically challenged.

    I would not really see that a a benefit though, as it's merely a symptom of an illness, even if inherently not bad by itself. If one doesn't care, then there's no problem at all and mac wins. Same as windows and android. Then it comes down to taste in UI or favourite tools. Or even "the brand" for the intellectually challenged.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago (3 children)

    So things working is an illness. If computers are healthy and free things don’t work. Got it.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

    As said, it all depends on the foundation if you value your data/freedom or not. If not, then fine, everything ia great. But many of us do to one extent or another. And then it's pretty obvious.

    It's not the working that is the illness, but the reason it does. I like when shit just works, I juggle 20 machines at home 😁

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    What do you do with a Mac?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago

    all the same stuff? it's bsd under the hood. it literally functions just like linux. I run cachy on my desktop and while kde plasma is great, mac is fantastic as well. about the only thing better on linux is that I can game.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 weeks ago

    All the developers at the place I work have MBPs. Apple silicon and long battery life are pretty great. I think people forget that Mac had a package manager long before winget existed and that a lot of unix code runs fine on macOS

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  • [–] -4 points 2 weeks ago* (1 child)

    “It’s locked down! It’s an OS for babies! You can’t do anything with it! Mac users are stupid noobs!”

    I mean, no other OS needs a “Genius Bar” to troubleshoot and repair the most basic of issues.

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