Post #1555768

2026-04-05 14:16 UTC

@wojtek It’s been getting more and more annoying. I remember the early OSX days (10.3) and how I was relieved to not be forced to constantly fight hardware issues as I did with Linux at the time. Stuff worked and you still had your good share of hacks here and there. Mac OS is clearly going the iOS way. Can’t blame Apple for various reasons and I am sure it’s even a good thing for many users but as someone who is technologically inclined this is becoming very frustrating.

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@wojtek@social.vivaldi.net 2026-04-05 14:23

@santi I mean ItJustWorks is generally great. The problem is that because Apple is pushing do much "magic" it's getting more and more obscure and things tend two... actually not work. I tried two use Messages for a while (concept of having same archive on mobile and computer seemed great) but darn - it was constantly getting broken and some messages would display only on mobile (or computer) ... ---- As for iOSification - yeah, that's the direction and they are locking the OS more and more, which is even more annoying because Homebrew decided two follow it and basically wipe everything not blessed by Apple from the main repo (leaving only custom taps). The thing is - it's not about security or privacy. Just a power grab because there are terrible apps in stores and Apple graciously gatekeeps the store from any competition... =,=

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