> Because Mac laptops are lightyears ahead of [hardware that runs Linux]

There was a discussion on this forum just a few days ago wondering why Apple is so hostile to open source support on its devices. And consensus here was that, no, it clearly wasn't due to competetive pressure.

But clearly it is. Because to many consumers, if you have to run MacOS to get an M6, you'll run MacOS instead of Linux. And that makes enshittifying MacOS as a revenue center very tempting.

> Also the OS mostly “just works”

Article is literally about the OS not working as desired, though.