CivilianZero

While Apple hasn't made gaming a priority on MacOS in a long time, the original Apple machines were the place a lot of very big titles got their start and it took Windows a long time to catch up with them in that department.

Really, this is a very long and complex discussion, but I just wanted to point out that Argument 3 was not really accurate.

As someone who has, in the past, lived on Soylent for months at a time when it was most convenient, I can vouch for your feeling.

Every "normal" meal I had while living off Soylent tasted amazing and in between great tasting meals I didn't have to stress about food if I didn't want to.

To me, Soylent is gaining control over a thing that gives me great anxiety, that thing being food. And having that control allows me to put even more effort into cooking great meals when I want to.

Maybe let's not talk about Buddhism like we all know what it's really like as a religion. It IS a religion and there is much more to it than the average person seems to think.

Granted, like any belief system people are free to pick and choose if they want, but we don't base our judgement of a belief system's "religiousness" on people who have chosen the very least amount.

Is...is this real?

I think comparing Kung Fu to MMA (like many comments here have) is missing the point entirely. Few people who have a genuine dedication to the martial arts do so to become killing machines and, to borrow a parlance, most MMA style martial arts have no basis in reality as fights do not play out like they do on TV.

The virtues of King Fu have been expounded upon elsewhere here, but Kung Fu has been around for as long as it has for very good reasons. People today suddenly aren't better and smarter when it comes to martial arts, they just have new preferences and influences for how they think about it. Doesn't mean older ways are suddenly not valid.

Is that really still true? I know most apps I use have either required purchasing an update or have simply been replaced by OS functionality.

And there's something about committing to a Mac app when you're not sure if, in a week, one you like more will be available as opposed to iOS apps, which are basically disposable.

Of course all of this is tempered by my desire to support the products I use and the people who develop them.

I agree with you that I am, for some reason unknown to even me, more likely to spend $20 in increments on things I will never use on iOS than I am to spend any amount on the Mac App Store.

On that note, however, Mac Apps do seem disproprotionally more expensive for similar functionality but that is a different topic.

There seems to be a negative reaction to apps using IAP as a paid upgrade, though.

I, personally, like the business model as long as the app is very clear about what is offered with and without the IAP, but I have rarely seen a review mention this practice favorably.