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[–] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Linux > windows 10 > Windows 11 > MacOS is my experience, I just can't stand apple and their walled gardens. I hate that they try to force me to use their shitty cloud and prevent me from installing third party apps. Windows 11 hhurts my eyes. And as a W10 refugee that's gotten used to linux, I think its tolarable

[–] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago (2 children)

The walled garden makes sense on the phone, but I’m not clear what you’re thinking of for macOS

I just went to videolan.org and libreoffice.org over Thanksgiving to download and install them on my cousin’s MacBook

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I have to click through ten million pop ups to have macOS "trust" it. It makes me hate myself

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That's true and annoying. There is a terminal command to disable all that though

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

oh I would love to learn what that command is

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

sudo spctl --master-disable and/or --global-disable

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Still usually less clicks than most windows installers though. (Personally I hate all 3 OS's more or less equally)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Actually no. Not really. Also there is no more braindead argument than "I hate all of x equally". Form a real fucking opinion

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

There's no opinion to form. They all suck absolute donkey balls in their own unique ways.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I'm an Android fan, but I do like the walled garden for iPhones. There are so many people who just do not understand how to protect their privacy online, and phones are a treasure trove of personal information. I've no doubt that the tight controls on iOS have saved many people from identity theft due to their own negligence. That, combined with the ease of use and the superior accessibility features over Android makes iPhone the better choice for older generations who don't understand technology as well.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The problem is that you are trusting Apple completely.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'm not trusting Apple at all, I exclusively use degoogled Android.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

I would agree that a reasonably locked down device helps certain audiences stay secure, but to me that always sounds like a convenient excuse. Surely they could at least implement some way to regain control, even if that meant having to unlock the boot-loader and flashing the device, which is not something your average person would/could do.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

In my experience, win 8.1 < win 10: less CPU and ram hogging, less telemetry, and overall less frustration. Although, yeah, you'd have to replace metro crap with something less tablet-oriented.

Alternatively, server editions are OK.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Alternatively, server editions are OK.

wait, server edition on desktop?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Well, duh. Kinda funny how windows server is a better desktop windows than a regular windows. Basically, you get less candy_crush-like crap plus only security updates, as far as I remember. But yeah, there are different unnecessary features (unless you're in the corporate environment, ofc)

Although, I'm not really sure nowadays since I haven't used windows for a few years 😅

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Honestly you can use a Mac perfectly well without ever signing into iCloud + you don't get prompted to sign in ever really unless you click on a feature that requires iCloud like the iCloud tab in settings.

You can even use the apps like mail without ever signing into iCloud.