I always honestly equated Mac nerds with Linux nerds.
Hear me out...
For starters, macOS is certified UNIX, so it can actually be fairly CLI-friendly and has relatively decent interoperability with Linux.
I've known several Linux nerds who swore by Macs for audio/video production. They all used Linux primarily but had a decent Mac around for A/V stuff.
Anyway, Linux users (in my experience) are often artsy and weird and different, honestly a lot like the target demographic users for Apple products, except Linux users have less emphasis on the Corporate Memphis aspect of their personalities.
equating linux nerds to proprietary software created by a trillion dollar conglomerate? does not compute
macOS is good. Mac hardware, not so much. I work at an AASP so I'll tell you that if your shit is fucked on a Mac your wallet is too.
technical things like CLI is only half of the story, FOSS and techno idealism is also a big part of linux which apple products are antithesis of
Thinks Bill Gates thinks he's god.
Thinks Steve Jobs is god.
FTFY
you're not entirely wrong, but, fwiw this image was created 11 years after he was fired from Apple (and 5 months before he returned).
Thinks Steve Jobs is Jesus and eagerly awaits the Second Coming.
linux users in question
I use Arch BTW
It's a mysterious third thing.
I always honestly equated Mac nerds with Linux nerds.
Hear me out...
For starters, macOS is certified UNIX, so it can actually be fairly CLI-friendly and has relatively decent interoperability with Linux.
I've known several Linux nerds who swore by Macs for audio/video production. They all used Linux primarily but had a decent Mac around for A/V stuff.
Anyway, Linux users (in my experience) are often artsy and weird and different, honestly a lot like the target demographic users for Apple products, except Linux users have less emphasis on the Corporate Memphis aspect of their personalities.
equating linux nerds to proprietary software created by a trillion dollar conglomerate? does not compute
macOS is good. Mac hardware, not so much. I work at an AASP so I'll tell you that if your shit is fucked on a Mac your wallet is too.
technical things like CLI is only half of the story, FOSS and techno idealism is also a big part of linux which apple products are antithesis of