I don't know how you add a call to an API that doesn't exist

as a solo dev, I honestly feel for him. It's just too much work to actually even think about when you have other environments to support

Hard disagree. Only people that are already in linux-land should even think or talk about this, and only after they're aware of what they depend on and whether they can even do that in the first place.

Main reason: biggest thing holding Linux back is user-base. The more users there are, the more that companies will actually care about supporting the OS. In the meantime, newbies to Linux need an OS that is as hassle free as possible that supports what they need. Windows and macOS have their downsides, but you can't disagree that they work out of the box. You only get a few chances to get someone to even think about switching ecosystems, and going to a straight free distro is another huge hurdle on top of that. Most closed source applications only get tested on debian/rhel based distros anyway, I wouldn't be able to do my my day job on a distro outside of that without some serious headache.

There are many closed source components that don't have equivalent open source alternatives, and features are a thing that will snag many people. Most people aren't technical.

Only helping those who are interested and are willing to debug things. Otherwise, windows 11 or macos it is

holy bejeezus, I would not go anywhere near that. Qt is not a programmer's dream but it's a hell of a lot better

I'll have to figure out a solution for my parents, they still got intel mac