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I'm considered switching to Mac from linux and I came across your blog which has been very informative. What made you chose mac over linux?

lapcat 2y ago
I didn't choose Mac over Linux. I chose Mac over Windows in the year 2002, and I became a Mac developer in 2006. Things were a lot different back then. Now it's too late for me, because my entire livelihood depends on Mac.
- privacyking 2y ago
  Fair enough, I guess you are overall happy with the OS though
- mcsniff 2y ago
  Not throwing shade here on your decision, but that's still choosing Mac over Linux and every day you continue to make that choice. It's a perfectly fine decision, but Linux was, and still is, an option for plenty of people who develop for Apple hardware/software without daily driving it, myself included.
  - lapcat 2y ago
    > Linux was, and still is, an option for plenty of people who develop for Apple hardware/software without daily driving it, myself included. Well, I believe in dogfooding. I don't think it would be good for my software or my customers if I didn't use the same operating system as them. Besides, work-related activities are mostly what I use a computer for, so I'm not sure what I would even do with Linux.
    - mcsniff 2y ago
      You'd be more in control over having your passwords silently uploaded to a third party without your knowledge or consent, for starters. Again, full respect for your decisions, but there are consequences to them and as your blog and experience shows, they are numerous and have serious impacts.
      - lapcat 2y ago
        Me: work-related activities are mostly what I use a computer for, so I'm not sure what I would even do with Linux. You: You'd be more in control over having your passwords silently uploaded to a third party without your knowledge or consent If I mostly use a computer for work purposes, what do you think my passwords are for? Also, I've been using a Mac since 2002, and iCloud Keychain got toggled on in 2024. It's kind of absurd to suggest, in 20/20 hindsight, that I should have expected it.
        mcsniff 2y ago
        Not sure where or what "work passwords" has to do with it, passwords are passwords especially if you're running your own business, which it seems you are. Do your thing buddy, but I'm not the one who had their (work) passwords were silently uploaded to iCloud without permission.
        lapcat 2y ago
        > Not sure where or what "work passwords" has to do with it How many times do I have to explain that I use a computer mostly to do work, which is development of Apple software, requiring a Mac, and therefore most of my computer usage is necessarily on a Mac. Consequently, switching to a Linux machine as a "daily driver" is pointless, because I have nothing much to "drive" daily except my work.

lapcat 2y ago

I didn't choose Mac over Linux. I chose Mac over Windows in the year 2002, and I became a Mac developer in 2006. Things were a lot different back then. Now it's too late for me, because my entire livelihood depends on Mac.

privacyking 2y ago
Fair enough, I guess you are overall happy with the OS though
mcsniff 2y ago
Not throwing shade here on your decision, but that's still choosing Mac over Linux and every day you continue to make that choice. It's a perfectly fine decision, but Linux was, and still is, an option for plenty of people who develop for Apple hardware/software without daily driving it, myself included.
- lapcat 2y ago
  > Linux was, and still is, an option for plenty of people who develop for Apple hardware/software without daily driving it, myself included. Well, I believe in dogfooding. I don't think it would be good for my software or my customers if I didn't use the same operating system as them. Besides, work-related activities are mostly what I use a computer for, so I'm not sure what I would even do with Linux.
  - mcsniff 2y ago
    You'd be more in control over having your passwords silently uploaded to a third party without your knowledge or consent, for starters. Again, full respect for your decisions, but there are consequences to them and as your blog and experience shows, they are numerous and have serious impacts.
    - lapcat 2y ago
      Me: work-related activities are mostly what I use a computer for, so I'm not sure what I would even do with Linux. You: You'd be more in control over having your passwords silently uploaded to a third party without your knowledge or consent If I mostly use a computer for work purposes, what do you think my passwords are for? Also, I've been using a Mac since 2002, and iCloud Keychain got toggled on in 2024. It's kind of absurd to suggest, in 20/20 hindsight, that I should have expected it.
      - mcsniff 2y ago
        Not sure where or what "work passwords" has to do with it, passwords are passwords especially if you're running your own business, which it seems you are. Do your thing buddy, but I'm not the one who had their (work) passwords were silently uploaded to iCloud without permission.
        lapcat 2y ago
        > Not sure where or what "work passwords" has to do with it How many times do I have to explain that I use a computer mostly to do work, which is development of Apple software, requiring a Mac, and therefore most of my computer usage is necessarily on a Mac. Consequently, switching to a Linux machine as a "daily driver" is pointless, because I have nothing much to "drive" daily except my work.