You cannot make sweeping statements like that. Yes the Mac stuff can be convenient, but in no way is it better than all free alternatives. For example, despite

You cannot make sweeping statements like that. Yes the Mac stuff can be convenient, but in no way is it better than all free alternatives. For example, despite the shallow learning curve, in our house, time machine was both unreliable and patronising (the time travel UI). For me, I'm using ZFS snapshots for my backup, technically it's more than a notch better than time machine. Another example would be Notes, Apple have demonstrated over many years that they cannot write reliable bidirectional sync. Unison just works.