I disagree with this framing that people who tinker are unproductive, and that people who don’t care about their tools or OS are only focused on productivity. P

I disagree with this framing that people who tinker are unproductive, and that people who don’t care about their tools or OS are only focused on productivity. Perhaps you just fall in the latter camp and feel that way about tinkerers? In reality I think depth of tinkering and productivity are two separate axes. I’ve seen plenty of examples of all combinations of each extreme.