Competitors are occupying the vast majority of the market. Apple laptops and desktops comprise about 12% in the US and significantly less abroad. Comparable tr

Competitors are occupying the vast majority of the market. Apple laptops and desktops comprise about 12% in the US and significantly less abroad. Comparable trackpads certainly do exist including all the gesture support in Windows or Linux. I have a lowly Acer E5-575G - a 5 year old machine at least - that provides exactly that. When was the last time you looked? Windows 10 itself has perfect support for hidpi, better settings organization than macOS and I can't remember the last time I've had to update a driver in the past decade... So, what are your specific complaints about hidpi or settings organization? You're right that Linux desktops aren't in the same league as Windows or Mac. They're actually much, much more flexible. I certainly put them in a different league after having switched. And I'm lazy. I wouldn't have switched if I had to fiddle with things all the time. I recommend Manjaro Linux with XFCE. I'll still use Windows for building Windows things or Macs for building Apple things. But that's just because of lock-in. Apple can put a 20-30% higher price on some of their products due to a combination of brilliant marketing and technical lock-in. Some people have gotten convinced that there's nothing for them but macOS. You'd definitely see a lot less people on Apple hardware if macOS could easily run on "clones" again as it once did though. That's why Apple will sue anyone who tries to even goes so far as to start a professional service for installing macOS on non-Apple machines.