I don't think I'm the one being glib here. I'm trying to both illustrate that there's a problem that truly is general and not specific to macOS, and trying to m

I don't think I'm the one being glib here. I'm trying to both illustrate that there's a problem that truly is general and not specific to macOS, and trying to make the fine distinction between telling users to understand and suck it up vs telling users to understand so that they can better figure out how to get what they want. That latter distinction is what you seem to be having more trouble with.