If it weren't coming at the cost of everyone else in the industry, i wouldn't mind this preference, not everyone has to be a hacker. As is, apple's existence is a net negative.
Many linux users seem very bitter that people value Apple's offerings over linux based solutions. That this preference is somehow taking something away from them. I don't think anyone should be looked down upon because they don't value the same things that someone with a hacker/tinkerer mentality values. I think that attitude is partly what puts a lot of people off who are half in/half out of the ecosystem. I personally find it a bit tiring, and in general I'm supportive of open source and related things.
What is common though is having to use tools you are not used to or tools that are subpar e.g. a Mac. You as a Mac user might call that being bitter. It is like forcing an Excel jockey to only use OpenOffice. Those people turn bitter fast.
I real life, though, having a proper Linux kernel at hand is useful.
I've used windows machines for years doing the same thing elsewhere and I had none of these problems. I run cygwin,wsl or a Linux VM and I had everything I wanted locally run on a Windows laptop.
Now having a Linux laptop (based on rhel9) many things are really nice. For example: I cun run gui apps via x11 over LAN on my desktop, I can share many dotfiles from my desktop to have the laptop configured exactly how I like it. But there is a price to pay. Unsurprisingly having to use outlook and ms teams via a browser is a pain.