macOS is not BSD. It's a common misunderstanding, it borrows some userland but the kernel is radically different.

But yeah my OS should get out of the way but I don't mind investing a little time in getting things working right. That includes picking the right tools. I was looking for a notetaking app and one of them was like 'just use the compatibility layer'. I think it was notesnook. I just picked obsidian instead which has a port. Still not ideal as it's electron but pretty much all these notetaking apps seem to be electron somehow. And I needed compatibility with android too.

If there's something I could really not do without I would consider it but there's nothing like that right now.