alt Hacker News> we depend on the platform more than the individual apps
The only way you actually depend on the platform is if you do Mac OS / iOS development.
However, I happen to work on a project that requires both Windows and Linux, so I get reminders every day of why I should stay on Mac OS as desktop.
Caveat 1: no, I'm not upgrading to Tahoe or iOS 26.
Caveat 2: I wouldn't dream of running a server on anything but Linux. Desktops with a GUI though...
The problem that fucks us over is that Mac OS only has to be better than the competition.
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> The problem that fucks us over is that Mac OS only has to be better than the competition.
I'm with you here, but I'm having a _much_ better time on my Linux machines (KDE and Cinnamon Mint) than on my (unbelievably-powerful-but-for-what) M4 Max MBP. It's so much cleaner, even without having upgraded to Tahoe, and imagine that I don't even like tinkering that much, it just works.
With all the valid reasons not to upgrade to iOS 26, here's one strongly suggesting doing so:
https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/dar...