Comment by still_grokking

> You have to buy- and install third party applications from developers that you do not know or trust, and that is just to fix some of the most basic issues.

That's one of the biggest jokes on the Mac, indeed.

On Windows it's not much different besides one detail: You also need a shitload of tools and gadgets only to make basic things usable. But at least those tools are mostly free (like in beer) or even OpenSource. On the Mac instead you have to pay ridiculous amounts of money only to get some basic options (like for example, I think it was ~30 bucks, only to be able to configure the acceleration of the mouse cursor).

The usability on the Mac is very broken, but people knowing how to "milk" other people created a whole market for laughable expensive apps out of it only to fix the most annoying things. That's just sooo ridiculous! I personally have no clue why people are buying this kind of stuff. It's like they want to be treated like -peep-. Imho the "jokes" about Stockholm syndrome victims are no jokes any more. That's bitter reality.

BTW:

https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/apple-causes-religio...

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/276887293_iReligion...

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233647272_The_Cult_...

https://www.itproportal.com/2015/08/13/the-religion-of-apple...

By now it's a quite irrefutable scientific fact that hardcore Apple users are brainwashed sect members.

Should be obvious anyway. Just look how they behave and what they keep saying when confronted with critique…