Comment by coldtea
16 hours ago
What "walled garden"? The Mac-only apps aside, what's that that you couldn't get on Windows (and most even on Linux), either the same thing, or a zero-switch-cost subscription (it's not like you need to rebuy something to go from Music to Spotify for exampe).
iCloud? You can use Google Drive or Dropbox or whatever MS calls theirs. Apple Music? Pretty sure it plays at both.
Most major apps are cross platform (Adobe, Microsoft and such), or Electron based.
Syncing with your iPhone? You can do that from Windows and Linux as well. Airpods? Work with Android and Windows too.
And so on.
How many long term MacOS users actually know how to use anything else than MacOS and their ecosystem apps and would feel comfortable switching away?
I mean Average Joes off the street, who can't find Ukraine on the map, not HN users of Macs with a SaaS side hustle.
Then there's no actual walled garden here, just a vague "Mac users are too dumb to realize there are more options" line in the sand.
> I mean Average Joes off the street, who can't find Ukraine on the map
How many Ukrainians can find Iowa or Missouri on the map? This metric means nothing.