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Macs run macOS. That’s how they are sold, that’s the deal, vertical integration and all that. Annoying to get this sentiment brought up over and over. Don’t buy a Mac if you prefer another OS, complain to other hardware vendors to get their stuff together.

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How is this sentiment annoying to you? People want Linux on good hardware, how is that annoying to you?

Apple sells what it says on the tin. Vertical integration, macOS. If you want to hack the HW, do, but don't blame Apple, blame yourself.

> Macs run macOS.

They run other things, too. There's no valid technical reason it can't or shouldn't, and Apple deserves the scrutiny if they won't bring macOS up to parity with Linux. Modern macOS is legitimately terrible, and ~100% to blame for why Macs are shunned for HPC, on-prem and other professional applications.

There are hundreds of millions of professionals in the world who need a computer that works for their work and daily life and aren't server admins or software developers. Please let us have the Macs in peace. We only have this option, while you have dozens of different PC makers for your Linux.

but nobody is trying to take that away from you? having a reliable linux distro for apple hardware couldn't affect you in any way

"bring macOS up to parity with Linux" sounds like a direction of development which wouldn't be very desirable for people like me.

unless the OS was behind on features that wouldn't affect you if they were there

There is not a single Linux feature you have named that would impede your day-to-day workflow.

Methinks the lady doth protest too much.

Linux users are like pickup truck drivers going to every motorcycle meeting to walk around complaining that motorcycles should be more like trucks. Different four strokes for different folks.

Terrible? I love it. Since 84.

They run other things, too

What other things outside of containers or iPad apps?

> Terrible? I love it.

You're part of a minority.

> What other things outside of containers or iPad apps?

Linux with fully native Vulkan drivers, for one.

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