You can shit on TUIs but macOS isn’t the panacea of GUIs. This really compromises the argument. In fact I’d argue it’s one of the worst platforms for GUIs.

Sure it looks pretty but it’s impossible to drive from the keyboard without mutant hands and savant level of memory for arcade combos. That means the entire OS relies on being able to drive the UI from a positioning device and thus you have to have the coordination to piss on an ant off a moving train. Which is terrible when the input devices are a touchpad, which varies so utterly frustratingly depending on whether it’s in the laptop or over Bluetooth. That and a mouse which is designed by a complete psychopath. That leaves you with third party options which require apps to not suck and they still suck. Scrolling on Logitech options anyone? Even LinearMouse can’t fix that shit.

Compare windows which works absolutely fine from any keyboard or any mouse and is discoverable and consistent. Also no mutant hands required.

TUIs are closer to windows than macOS. And that’s a good thing.

I did the last ten years on a mac and decided I was just hurting myself. Give me windows or a TUI. I notice Linux desktop environments tend to copy windows with respect to keyboard and discoverability too.