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by lj3 3517 days ago
> It's not that installing Linux is a hassle. I just love a lot of the apps I can run on my Mac.

I think that's a huge X factor a lot of the latest discussions are missing. People LOVE MacOS apps. They're beautiful. They work well. They're typically fast. They're user friendly. Windows and Linux apps are none of those things. In my experience, Mac users don't mind paying for Mac apps because they tend to be of high quality. Windows and Linux users won't pay for apps unless they absolutely have to because the quality of the available apps varies so much.
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sylv3r 3517 days ago
> People LOVE MacOS apps

While true, a lot of us can live with less beautiful machines and software especially if the prettier machine makes us break our workflow (ie how to vim without an esc button)

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splintercell 3517 days ago
Even if you have an escape key, you shouldn't really be using the physical Escape key for Esc, it's against the philosophy of Vim.
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NelsonMinar 3517 days ago
"X factor". 11/10 would pun again.
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lj3 3517 days ago
And here I thought my jokes were wasted on hacker news. :)
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