Comment by brailsafe
4 years ago
Fuck yes I'll pick the slightly better trackpad. To a point anyway. Sitting for upwards of 8 hours a day typing code can be a depressing life trap to find yourself in. If every time I touched my trackpad I cringed because it feels like sandpaper, works like shit, and might not even have good first party driver support, only to be consoled by the the thought that I could install Windows on it if I wanted to, I'd probably not be too satisfied.
I have an expensive chair, that I could only really get fixed by the company that made it. I could have a shitty chair that hurts my ass, messes with my posture, costs 1/12th the price, that I could sit in and re-assure myself that I'm free to get commodity parts anywhere I want, but I'd prefer not to do that unless I had no choice.
Or you could just buy a mouse, or even a BT Magic Trackpad[0] and use Linux.
[0] https://nathandyer.me/2019/01/27/magic-trackpad-2-linux.html
Certainly good to here that drivers for it are now in the linux kernel.
Then people will probably get what they deserve. Can't have their cake and eat it too.