It's odd that (at the time of writing) HN commenters are so defensive about an article like this ("if you hate it so much, go back"). Perhaps it's because of the provocative title?
The fact that there are rough edges on other platforms is irrelevant, as is that "the user doesn't understand how macOS works". That the author hit these issues, was frustrated by them, and wasn't able to quickly identify a workaround, suggests that there is an opportunity for improvement, whether it's a functional or usability bug. Perhaps macOS isn't "hot garbage", but it's also got flaws that may be worthy of discussion by a community of hackers and product folk.
You nailed it: things aren't improving and that's the core issue to me. I was often met with, "that's just how macs works" or "it's not a problem for me" but I rarely got helpful suggestions.
thenewuser1 said it best: pointing to others' flaws doesn't excuse your own. BMW improves their cars. They don't say, "just wait until you drive a shitty Honda".
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It's odd that (at the time of writing) HN commenters are so defensive about an article like this ("if you hate it so much, go back"). Perhaps it's because of the provocative title?
The fact that there are rough edges on other platforms is irrelevant, as is that "the user doesn't understand how macOS works". That the author hit these issues, was frustrated by them, and wasn't able to quickly identify a workaround, suggests that there is an opportunity for improvement, whether it's a functional or usability bug. Perhaps macOS isn't "hot garbage", but it's also got flaws that may be worthy of discussion by a community of hackers and product folk.
You nailed it: things aren't improving and that's the core issue to me. I was often met with, "that's just how macs works" or "it's not a problem for me" but I rarely got helpful suggestions.
thenewuser1 said it best: pointing to others' flaws doesn't excuse your own. BMW improves their cars. They don't say, "just wait until you drive a shitty Honda".