[adsjhdashkj]

I felt like every poor quality controlled release they've had on OSX for the last 10 years has been trying to do that.

I feel lost. Wanting to have a simple OS that lets me develop with unix tools but also "just works". The expense i pay for Apple products no longer follows this, for me.

[vondur]

Every MacOS release is buggy for the initial versions. It usually takes to .3 release to be relatively big bug free. Catalina seems to be pretty nice now, but the next version is just around the corner.

[quenix]

Apart from Catalina, I’ve been satisfied with macOS release quality.

[Razengan]

Big Sur is already a big improvement, even in beta, over Catalina.

[rriepe]

Solus has been this for me

[neau]

Elementary OS for me.

[rimliu]

What stops you from using other OSes with much better quality control?

[adsjhdashkj]

Nothing - if i knew of any.

All the Linux OSs i've tried is a mixed bag. A gamble. And i have a terrible experience with windows currently, so even ignoring Unix, Windows doesn't seem like an option.

I'll probably give Linux another try, i'm just concerned of driver issues primarily. Finding the right hardware, having trackpads and graphics cards not suck, etc.

[mhh__]

I agree. Apple are pretty much the only company in the world with the money, engineering knowledge, and clout to do a privacy first open ecosystem. On an Apple product you are free only to what Apple says is Kosher, why? Their customers will buy anything apple does, why not just go for it and be more open?

[valuearb]

Because customers love the walled garden. An open version of iPhone would be a disaster for Apple and its developers.

[jhasse]

money