[addaon]

A computer is a device for running software. A particular implementation of a computer can be so flawed that it's unpleasant to use, regardless of the software; but it can never be so perfect that it overcomes that it doesn't run the software you want to run. If your preferred OS and software don't run on the system, you're not going to be happy with it -- I think that's what people mean when they say you're not the target audience. When people say that Apple builds high quality systems (which I agree with), I interpret that as meaning that the systems flaws, such as they are, do not interfere significantly with the overall goal of running the desired software.

[smoldesu]

I suppose that's a pretty level-headed way of looking at it. My frustrations with MacOS mostly come down to death by a thousand papercuts. Perhaps my biggest mistake was assuming that Homebrew could replace a package manager like apt or pacman, which I've quickly come to realize is not the case. After that, I realized that my mistake was trying to make my Mac as Linux-esque as possible.