You might be on the wrong operating system if you don't like "code running in the background doing whatever it wants" as Apple has never shied away from doing j

You might be on the wrong operating system if you don't like "code running in the background doing whatever it wants" as Apple has never shied away from doing just so. Try inspecting what your computer does when you've been away from it for 30 or so minutes, and you'll see a lot of chatter from Apple apps.