(arguably terrible) operating system

macOS has made some arguably poor design choices, but it makes it hard to take someone seriously when they state the whole OS is terrible.

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seemaze 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

It's the worst OS we have.. except for all the others.

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himata4113 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It could be just me, but every time I tried to do something I sat thinking that I am not the target audience for this thing. I don't like the UI, I hate not being able to talk to the hardware the way I can on linux (uart took me way too long to get working), I am angry that I am not able to run kvm, I hate not being able to replace the desktop and fix bugs myself. That's what makes it terrible for me.

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commandersaki 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

So you're upset an operating system that is called macOS is not in fact Linux. Gotcha.

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himata4113 an hour ago | parent [-]

pretty much, it's unix and I want it to be unix, but I get the worst parts of linux and windows combined.

	▲	sonofhans 4 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		I see you. These folks trying to talk you into liking MacOS are missing the point. You’re being perfectly clear about not liking it, and why — it’s not built for you. And that sucks, ‘cause their hardware is top-notch. It’s true pain. Apple really is leaving everyone else years behind in making hardware. Yet they’ve never done what I would consider obvious geek-friendly things to MacOS. I’m sad about it too, and I wish the OS were better.

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mikestew 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Fair enough, thanks for clarifying your distaste for macOS. Sounds like any closed source OS just isn’t for you. :-)

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TheSkyHasEyes 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

MacOS IMHO is no longer a viable OS for people like us(who know what this website even is). MacOS26 along with Windows11 are enshittifying and in some ways it's glorious to see. I do feel bad for non-IT people though, Linux is daunting to them...I get it.

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bigyabai 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

There's a reason macOS is the least-used OS behind Linux and Windows. If it was any less terrible, we would know.

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x3ro 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Source? [1] states 12% for macOS and 3% for Linux.

[1]: https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/worldwide...

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hedora 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Steam reports 3.4% for linux and 2% for macos (last montg. This month numbers are probably hit by systematic measurement errors).

https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/

Also, the 16% “unknown” in the graph you linked to implies huge error bars on macos vs linux!

	▲	bakugo 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Steam stats aren't particularly meaningful in this context, because MacOS is largely unusable for gaming due to not being able to run most games. Valve themselves have given up on supporting their games on Mac, likely due to the total lack of backwards compatibility.

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seabrookmx 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

That's desktop market share. I'm sure the comment you're replying to means overall usage including mobile and server, where Linux is far and away the leader.