Comment by fsflover
17 hours ago
Apple's Software Quality Crisis (eliseomartelli.it)
1196 points by ajdude on March 3, 2025 | 1213 comments
17 hours ago
Apple's Software Quality Crisis (eliseomartelli.it)
1196 points by ajdude on March 3, 2025 | 1213 comments
It’s still much, much better than windows. And Linux is better still.
> Linux is better still.
Linux as an operating system is easily better than macOS. Third party software is lacking though. There’s really nothing that compares to Bear, Things, DEVONthink, Transmit, etc. What I also missed in Linux was the prevalence of what Apple calls “x-callback URLs” [0]. They are incredibly useful and great for glueing different pieces of software together.
With some of Apple’s recent decisions, I do wonder if we’ll see this change in the future. Little Snitch put out a proof of concept for Linux. While it exposes itself as a fairly rough webpage, someone is thinking about it. Linux culture would need to accept paid software, though.
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[0] https://x-callback-url.com/