The whole thread is pedantic HN nonsense. They want to paint it like it's anti competitive or some dark pattern as if the consumer's choice to buy an apple com

The whole thread is pedantic HN nonsense. They want to paint it like it's anti competitive or some dark pattern as if the consumer's choice to buy an apple computer was not influenced by the software that it comes with. For a lot of users changing email settings from the email app's settings makes the most sense, going to the system settings to change email isn't their first thought. In a similar thought, a mac user goes to the Finder to change default apps for file associations. So the thinking here by some users is that this should also be moved to the system settings? While I can see both sides of having it in one place or another. I also see the value of not putting the same setting in many different places. I also think there is value in simplifying the system preferences and that it's pedantic to argue that it must be one place or another.