Yeah, very sorry that this app is Windows only, would love to switch to Mac

At least when I open up Mac OS, it doesn’t show me a pop up ad telling me how XBOX CONTROLLERS COME IN SO MANY COLORS NOW click here to buy.
I’ve gotten that pop up the last 3 times I’ve booted up my windows machine.
Windows is great for gaming. But it’s the only thing I turn that machine on for.
- Gaming on Linux is pretty legit now. I don't even boot into windows very often. In recent memory, only one AAA game didn't work out of the box for me that required booting into windows.
  
  No joke, most of my games work better on Linux because of proton than my Windows box. Such a nice experience.
  
  So far black desert online is the only game that I've wanted to play that I can't on Linux (eac is awful). I know there are others, but it's mainly fps games that bother with windows-only eac and I don't play fps games all that much. Battlebit is probably the only fps I've been playing in the past few months, and they use/will be using a linux-compatible eac version which I'm jazzed about
  
  I only ever boot Windows for VR. That's it
  
  Modding can be an issue though.
  Btw, does Wallabag work now on Linux?
  And i don't get Reshade since 5.* to work in wine/proton anymore?
  
  I gave up on trying BattleBit for free on Ubuntu 22.04 this weekend, no Proton or GE-Proton version would run that motherfucker.
  I didn't feel like booting Windows.
- I have never ever seen this on my windows install.
- I've never once seen this, is it W11?
  
  I'm on W11 and have never seen an ad in the OS.
  
  I think it's much more agressive in some territories. I'm in Europe an I never saw it either.
  Otoh, I don't boot windows very often, maybe once a month.
- Just disable everything I don't get this on my pc
  
  Me either. Not that I'm advocating this BS practice!
  
  The very first thing you have to do when you start to use a new Windows or phone is to spend an hour or two disabling all the bullshit options.
  
  I'm also surprised that people see this kind of ads: I haven't seen any since I removed Outlook free (after Windows prompted me to switch because the older UWP Mail app was being retired). I'm always surprised when people complain about the number of ads they get in Windows.
  But that's not the point: the point is no paid software should contain any ad.
- Yeah. I was literally just talking about how my SteamDeck is going to let me retire my remaining Windows PC. And by retire it, I mean install Linux, and continue to enjoy it.
- If you can't even find the option to disable suggestions, can you even call yourself a computer expert?
  
  No, but you can call yourself a gamer.

I much prefer Windows to MacOS. The fact it is missing decent tiling is a nonstarter. It's too inflexible for my workflow.
And sure, Windows can be maddeningly inconsistent, but what really destroys the experience is the constant ensh*ttification. I know a lot of people here hate everything about Windows, but for me, it only sucks because Microsoft designs it to suck.
Not only are there ads and (some) first party lockin, I cannot trust they will continue offering updates, paywall feaures, restrict more functionality, or insert stuff like AI to mess up my workflow.
I used to think reliability was just about stability and bugginess, but now I think it is about trust as well.
- I use Amethyst on Mac for tiling: https://ianyh.com/amethyst/.
  Not sure if that's what you meant though.
  
  Yabai works pretty well even with SIP enabled and there's a new one called AeroSpace that's in the works.
  https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai
  https://github.com/nikitabobko/AeroSpace
  
  Looks nice, I'll check it out if I have to use Mac OS again.
- I'm searching for some document on my work PC and I see ads in my start menu, like what the fuck?
  Can somebody exploit that already so they get rid of it
- macOS 15 will have tiling. At last lol
- I don't understand when people say macOS is inflexible, I find it incredibly flexible, stable and efficient.

Mac is worse than Windows
- From the standpoint of linux that is true.
  
  Linux distros aren’t unix. Common misconception. Mac OS is certified in fact.
- Mainly because Windows has more support. Software availability is the biggest draw to Windows. I would quite happily drop it in a heartbeat if Linux came close.
  
  MacOS has no proper UI scaling for example. Something windows had for... I don't know, ever? It was never an issue for me.
  For MacOS you need a little extra tool you stumble upon after hours of debugging that teels your MacOS what resolutions your display actually supports so MacOS grants you the option of your desired HiDPI resolution.
  It's stuff like this that drives me mad when dealing with the fucking Mac I am forced to use at work.
- At least it's unix

Lol, is this meme for real? Most mac users would never touch Linux. Like, yes, they are both based on Unix... But come on now, this is just intellectually dishonest.
Most Mac users, in my experience, have no idea how to operate anything without an apple logo on it.
- Linux users are in the (well constructed) tent camp in the local park that Mac users ride their electric scooters past while desperately trying to avoid eye contact.
  
  Linux users are the homeowners who build and fix everything they can, but look down on people that don't find craftsmanship fun, claiming that they're saving money by doing the work themselves. Good on you for having that hobby, but if you don't enjoy it, spending time to learn those skills costs time that could be spent earning more money than you'd save. Paying an expert to do things you don't enjoy is usually the cheaper option. They can be found almost anywhere, similar to how Linux users use Apple or windows products from time to time.
  Mac users are suburb dwellers who view their way of life as what everyone should aspire to, ignorant to the downsides of sprawl and reliance on cars to go anywhere. Commute times suck, while walkable neighborhoods with public transit make most people healthier and happier. There's an important classist component, often bundled with racism, that underscores this ideal.
  Windows users are people that live in urban areas for work, trying to find reasonable rent or home prices as unchecked capitalism makes everything worse, but unaware why things suck. They get annoyed when people share their passion for handiwork, and dislike suburban folks for thinking they're superior rather than the downsides to suburban life. However, because most people live this way, and live this way for work, they usually don't have strong identities like suburbanites or handy homeowners.
  Homeless people are those who can't afford computers, overlapping with actual homeless people, and rural people are those that don't use computers more than they need to, socializing face to face and literally touching grass.
- I think it still works. The user you describe doesn't care about Linux, they just don't like windows. So they would not wash their hands
- A lot of software development in a corporate environment is using a Mac as the host. Not to say it's the target build env. So id say some Mac users know Linux far better than you think. In my experience.
  
  Some, that's the point
  Where i work, we all use macs. I'm the only developer and all others are designers.
  They all look at me very oddly, when i open a terminal on their Mac and change some settings from there. They check if my changes are working and still keep that look, like if I've done something strange to their mac lol
- My Mac is such a slow piece of shit on Mac OS that it's nearly unusable without installing Linux.
- Generally I agree, but specifically a little fact - the most qualified person at my work is a Mac user.

MacOS is still Unix under the hood, and has been since they adapted NeXTSTEP.
Maybe it's just because I'm fundamentally more of a console user than a windowing-system user, but to me a Unix-based OS is always going to be a winner compared to Windows.
But, if you want to laugh at OSes, laugh at classic MacOS, where everything would grind to a halt if you clicked and held the mouse button.
- Maybe it’s just because I’m fundamentally more of a console user than a windowing-system user, but to me a Unix-based OS is always going to be a winner compared to Windows.
  I absolutely agree
  But, if you want to laugh at OSes, laugh at classic MacOS
  Or some weird old Unixes like AIX
  
  Yeah, but at least they're unixes (unices?).
  
  Ahhh! The sweet taste of hardware and software flaws. (Every platform had them lol)
- This. I'm not sure why more people don't know this, but macOS is actually UNIX certified. Linux isn't.
  
  Well, GNU stands for Gnu is Not Unix, so...
  
  Linux isn't Unix, it's Unix-like

As both a MacOS and Linux user I agree with myself on the regular that Windows is shit.
I also wash my hands on the regular.
Great meme, very accurate.
- ಠ_ಠ

All three are shit. You can't change my mind.
- They all suck in their own unique way! For me I can tolerate the way Linux sucks, and for others it's something else. But I think we can all agree that bitching about operating systems is great catharsis.
  
  Mac won't let me do what I want, and offers no explanation and the forums are filled with people telling me why what I want is wrong.
  Windows has a way to do it, but it's hidden behind 17 menus from 8 eras if UI design, and it just won't shut the fuck up and listen to me. It has needless animations for everything, and trys so hard to be friendly that it's just infuriating.
  Linux let's me do the thing. It gives no directions on how to do the thing, and if I do it wrong, it doesn't even tell me that things are fucked until six months later when I discover I accidentally told it to write the kernel logs to the bootloader and everything is on fire.
  I prefer punching myself in the gonads to being called stupid or jerked around, so that's why I use Linux.
  
  This is why KVM/QEMU with virtio drivers are massively helpful in using windows specific software without needing to dualboot on short notice. Proton also helps run many games on Linux, which is Windows only. Too bad the biggest strength is also a weakness. It's just a pain to set up and figure out problems that will happen from inexperience
  
  Linux sucks for natural reasons. It's easy to tolerate because it's not trying to fuck with you, it's just a consequence of being a hodgepodge of software written by nerds for nerds. Windows sucks for malicious reasons. Microsoft is intentionally making it worse, to make more money, and that pisses me off. MacOS sucks because it assumes you're an idiot, and wants to protect itself from you. I may be an idiot, but that shouldn't stop me from breaking my own machine, god damnit!
  
  I can tolerate how windows and Linux suck, but window management (or the lack there of) on macos triggers me.
  
  Filthy enlightened centrist! how dare you not pick a side and point out that all sides are equally terrible in their own special ways!
- Average BSD user:
- I use linux for programming and learn to enjoy everything being 3x harder than needed (Stockholm's syndrome), but it's not like it's good
  I use Windows for gaming (I could use linux to do it, but windows is easier), but it's not like it's any good
  I won't be paying whatever 4 months worth of my income on a MacBook, so it's not like it matters if macOS is any good
  
  4 months worth of my income on a MacBook
  Is it bad that I can't tell if you're middle income or just want enough RAM to do something useful?
  
  Sadly if you're doing mobile app work Macs are mandatory.

Sorry but as a Linux user I found that Windows is better than macos. Macos doesn't even have proper window management.
- My experience is the same, but still it's a Unix-like system. People who fear Linux may do Unix-like things with it. It's worth something.
  
  Linux is unix-like, macOS is certified unix.
  
  Yeah, but none of the system tools and applications follow Unix-like paradigms, so it's really only Unix-like in name. Sure you can launch a bash or zsh shell, but there aren't a lot of useful things you can do with that without installing a bunch of third party tools like brew, so the experience isn't all that different from having to install Cygwin or WSL in Windows.
- Windows doesn't even have a proper terminal lol
- Arguably Arch Linux also lacks proper Window management. The idea of macOS is to give you a solid base which is stable, functional and looks good. Then you can add your own window management type on top whether you want a Windows style one like magnet or a tiling one like amethyst.

Missing the third hand for Windows users

Honestly MacOS is not great. At least with windows machines you can boot into a live system.
- And have actual control over the OS.
  Seriously, if Apple decides an app is too old, then it flat out doesn't work. No way to prevent updating either unless it is basically without internet.
  Linuxians like to complain about not being able to control Windows, but Mac is like a hundred times worse in that regard. Not to mention ads to all those Apple software on there.
  
  Apple: "Sorry but your hardware seems to be out of date with our OS! Please buy another 3000 dollar laptop that's only worth 1000!"
  Me: "But it still runs?"
  Apple: "Does it, though?"
  Me: "Well not anymore... Thanks."
  
  What on earth are you on about? You're completely in control of updates and you can enable the root account and do whatever you want. It's still UNIX.
  Are you talking about iOS/iPadOS? macOS is nothing like this and I have no idea what you're on about.
  
  This. Been using Windows since 95 and Linux since 2008. Mac is the only thing I tried twice (for two years each) and I just cannot get past this mobile-feeling of not being able to customise basic stuff. Mac GUI is not intuitive for me. It's good that people that like it can use it. It's bad that I don't have any choice as soon as I am on Apple hardware. I find this meme completely tone deaf. The issue with mac isn't that it lacks Unix features, it's everything else.
  
  The only place I've ever seen ads on my MacBook is in the App Store, the iCloud section of settings and on Apple's website, all of which it makes sense for the adverts to exist. Oh wait I may have seen one as a precursor to a YouTube video but sans ad-blocker that is standing regards of OS.

Mac users are at the sink right next to them also washing their hands. We don’t talk about the nasty things Linux users do with their hands.
- Are Mac users compatible with normal sinks and water or do they need an adapter?
  
  Apple will happily sell you a MagSafe dongle to dangle in the sink beside your neighbor.
  
  Adapter, unless the EU forced them to change that.
  
  Zing!
- All those filthy command line arguments <3
  
  Yeah seriously. I don’t show anyone my bash history. That’s nastay.

I cant wait to fully abandon windows with my next tower (Already on Linux with my deck) but MacOS is FAR MORE cancer than M$, part of the issue with M$ is it keeps trying to be more and more like Apple
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Damn, a lot of you apparently want a mega corp have complete control over what what your operating system looks like/does/what accessories you can buy for it if you think Apple is in anyway better than Microsoft. I thought the whole point of jumping to linux was freedom, you have LESS freedom with macs than with PC's
- I find I have plenty of freedom on a Mac

Windows > macos
- I thought this until I actually tried windows, it just doesn't work right ever and feels so weird and old. I wouldn't use macos, but it's fine, it feels competently made and for the most part makes sense.
  
  Yes, Windows feels old but at least is usable (10 was more usable that 11 in my opinion). MacOS feels very janky to me and you have to jump to various hoops to do basic things
  
  To me it's MacOS that feels weird.
  
  Extracting archives on Windows... LOL
  I havent done that on Win11 though
- Windows ≅ macos
- I'm surprised you have more upvotes than downvotes, but yeah, this is a comment that I would expect to get lots and lots of votes.
- Agreed.
- Yup, it is simply so lost and uncontrolled that I could totally live in it and replace the garbage software with something else.

in my opinion:
software: mac/osx >> windows
community/environment: windows/microsoft >> mac/apple
if we're solely talking about how good the os is, i would have to say mac. but considering everything else, i would prefer windows

I will always choose Windows over Mac, if I have to. Using MacOS is infuriating on so many levels, I'd rather give myself the bullet (which doesn't mean much tbh). At least I can ameliorate Windows for my VMs (in case of apps not working on Wine) which makes it ok to use
I know that this is irrational and I try to not let it influence my perception of people, but my brain is usually wired to "Mac user detected: technical opinion discarded"
- Maybe if you noticed a lot of developers run Mac then you'd see their technical opinions are usually worthwhile.

I have to use all three what does that make me

Gotta scrub off the .DS_Store

Linux > windows 10 > Windows 11 > MacOS is my experience, I just can't stand apple and their walled gardens. I hate that they try to force me to use their shitty cloud and prevent me from installing third party apps. Windows 11 hhurts my eyes. And as a W10 refugee that's gotten used to linux, I think its tolarable
- The walled garden makes sense on the phone, but I’m not clear what you’re thinking of for macOS
  I just went to videolan.org and libreoffice.org over Thanksgiving to download and install them on my cousin’s MacBook
  
  I have to click through ten million pop ups to have macOS "trust" it. It makes me hate myself
  
  I'm an Android fan, but I do like the walled garden for iPhones. There are so many people who just do not understand how to protect their privacy online, and phones are a treasure trove of personal information. I've no doubt that the tight controls on iOS have saved many people from identity theft due to their own negligence. That, combined with the ease of use and the superior accessibility features over Android makes iPhone the better choice for older generations who don't understand technology as well.
- Honestly you can use a Mac perfectly well without ever signing into iCloud + you don't get prompted to sign in ever really unless you click on a feature that requires iCloud like the iCloud tab in settings.
  You can even use the apps like mail without ever signing into iCloud.
- In my experience, win 8.1 < win 10: less CPU and ram hogging, less telemetry, and overall less frustration. Although, yeah, you'd have to replace metro crap with something less tablet-oriented.
  Alternatively, server editions are OK.
  
  Alternatively, server editions are OK.
  wait, server edition on desktop?

For me, they both suck. I've been on Linux for close to 10 years now and continue to enjoy it more and more.
However, I will say, that if I need to recommend a computer to somebody who knows nothing about computers and doesn't want to know anything, I will recommend Apple. I die a little inside each time though, knowing about their right to repair and privacy policies.
- I would never recommend an apple computer unless it's for audio production. Getting one fixed is a nightmare
  
  Honestly, if y'all would help your friend out with Linux they might be interested. If you just write down a note for them with the most basic commands for Debian, they would be okay.
  DE: Use GNOME
  Partiton layout: Use default /home for everything, don't make seperate partitions for /root, /var, etc.
  Add their user(s) to the sudoers file
  CTRL+ALT+T to open the command line
  Basic commands:
  sudo apt-get update
  sudo apt-get upgrade
  Install Flatpak, and bookmark Flathub in their browser. That should be good enough and honestly anyone could figure this out.
- Sometimes a broken tool is the right tool for the job.

I wish every time someone talked shit about operating systems they woke up having switched OS with their grandmother.
- Good thing I installed Mint on her PC then.
  
  I called her and convinced her to switch to DOS. Now you can play Chuck Yeager’s air combat. You’re welcome.
  
  Same lmao, but for both my grandparents
  They still haven't noticed anything different.
  
  Cinnamon:
  – Mom can we get windows?
  – We already have windows at home.
- AfterliveOS?
- I would be so okay with this. My grandmother was a boss with a badass gaming rig.
- What does that mean? Have the OS she had? Windows 10, I personally debloated it haha
  
  No fair you cheated. She clicked an update for windows 11 and she loves Cortana!
- She can't rice worth shit.
- I would have iPadOS 💀 Thankfully I hate all OS's equally.
- I don't think my grandmother used computers
- Amen. Getting tired of this pointless bashing. They each have their flaws. I would love to be all-in on Linux but will probably never get there.

Hides my macOS KVM I setup for fun
- Very interesting, how do you do that? Can you even set it up without an A$ account?
  
  I followed this guide https://github.com/kholia/OSX-KVM
  
  It requires a little bit of computer knowhow but is definitely possible, heres a video of a guy building a custom pc and installing macos on it Here is the open source software he used to do it

What are windows mainers doing in a linux community? Shoo, we don't want Edge or Bing or popup ads in our games.
- As a windows user, i'll respect your opinion and fuck off. However i WILL be back bitch!! (My next OS is 100% linux)
  
  You will be welcomed back with open arms my (future) friend.

i mean os x is basically just darwin and bsd with a gui
- Linux is basically just Linux and GNU with a gui
  Windows is basically just NT with a gui
  I don't get it

Ehh, I'm not sure. In my experience, apple users are too tech illiterate to have any opinions on windows, not even incorrect ones.
- I got haggled for being a macos user in college because, "pc was superior". Turns out, that the CompSci people that gave me shit about my Mac, didn't understand the difference between "PC" and "Windows'. My MacBook is still the best laptop I've ever owned. It literally survived having beer being pulled into it's fan, and it's battery turned into a balloon long ago... it still runs fine, almost a decade later (if I keep it plugged in). I was "tech illiterate" to people because I used a MacBook. But switching from windows to mac, got me comfortable with trying linux. It got me comfortable with being uncomfortable, because I was constantly trying to figure out how to "get this to work on macos"
  I've met a lot of tech-illiterate people over the years... and they all gave me less shit about trying something different.
  I don't use arch btw
- Well, "tech illiterate" is relative. Some people may be ignorant of how their desktop works, but do wonderful things with PD or something else for synthesizing music, which requires knowing lots of math and music theory and signal processing.
  Never be arrogant, please remember than people doing actual stuff - developers, business analysts, musicians, artists etc, and even lowly office workers sometimes, - are kinda more important than IT personnel. There are of course infrastructure and network admins who know their sh*t quite well and get paid accordingly.
- My stepdad used iMac because he doesn't like Windows.
- Yet everytime you open Twitter they act like they know what they're talking about and send clown emojis whenever someone responds with a counter argument
- Haha yup it sucks
- Linus Torvalds uses MacBooks.

OpenVMS is the way.

I use all 3 for different things and I'll stop using windows the second gaming hardware and games work somewhere else the same way.
- Have you tried Manjaro? Steam makes it pretty simple with proton (which is based on wine) to run games. (Or if you prefer, arch. Manjaro is arch with a gui installer)

Linux user should really be shown with a hoodie sleeve...

swap macos for *BSD and I'd agree

That's an amazing meme, would anyone happen to have a template of it?

I have often chosen MacOS over Windows, though Windows has come a long way since 95. It isn't as infuriating to use anymore.
I've been a Mac user off and on since the late 80s and used Windows and Linux off and on since the 90s.
For the last 10+ years: Mac laptop, Linux desktop, and a Windows laptop for the occasional times it is convenient.

Nice recycling of Reddit memes
- Sir, this is a Wendy's.
  
  No, this is Patrick!
- I see this comment under a lot of meme posts, do you want content or not?

- Wtf is that?

Surprised about the comments. Mac OS is actually certified Unix whereas Linux distros, while wonderful, aren’t. I’ve never had to use windows for anything other than games in the 90’s so I can’t speak to it now. I’ve used Irix, then Linux, and now Mac professionally. I find Mac to be meh after Mojave. Perhaps BSD was the answer all along.
- If you pay enough money to people in important positions then even windows will be UNIX certified) nowadays everything is for sale

Mac user here. I'd wash my hands too.
- Another macOS user here: I wouldn't.

- In what way is macOS more closed than Windows? The kernel is open source, the app store and cloud stuff is entirely optional, and it runs most Unix-y stuff natively.
  
  In what way is macOS more closed than Windows?
  In the ability to legally and without hassle install it on random PCs.
  The kernel is open source
  The actual userland is proprietary in both cases. Opening Apple Terminal on macOS and using homebrew is as "open" as running Windows Terminal with WSL: Basically the things in the terminal are FOSS, the graphical surroundings of both systems aren't.
  
  The kernel is open source
  the only thing about is that it WAS opensource
- and doesn’t view your private data and uploads it to the cloud
  Oh, someone didn't read their OS's privacy policy...
- From what I have gathered online, it seems like most people believe that macOS is (slightly) more private than Windows. macOSshow you detailed characterization of the telemetry, and you can turn most of it it off; whereas you cannot turn off basic telemetry in Windows.
  I cannot verify this claim, since I never owned an apple product.
  That being said, if I have to use a closed-source OS, I would probably choice window, since I am more familiar with it and it is (slightly) more open than macOS.
  
  You can shut down all telemetry in Windows Pro/Enterprise, I believe. You probably could with regular, too, especially if you're blocking all Microsoft domains via DNS, firewall, or other methods.
  
  and you can turn most of it it off; whereas you cannot turn off basic telemetry in Windows.
  If only most telemetry can be turned off on macOS, it retains some basic telemetry that cannot be turned off. How is that better than basic telemetry on Windows?
- I use Windows and Mac but I would think that Mac is slightly better. Just because I got this privacy statement off them once where they said they will do as much processing locally as they can, rather than sending it off to the cloud to be processed. I just appreciate that they acknowledge that.
  Also, Windows has just swapped to a new default email app that requires I sync my email with their own servers. They can fuck off with that.
- Um, what? I don't think windows is private or open.
- I think you're confusing MacOS with iOS.