[cgufus]

Even worse: Sierra. Ouch. 10 years ago I used to go for every upgrade immediately (even .0’s). IMO new versions since maybe 10.8 added mostly data collecting bloat. macOS moved far away from the OS I once loved (peaked at Snow Leopard IMO). Funnily, macOS became “free” after Snow Leopard, so you’ve probably paid with your data ever since.

[jkestner]

Not data. You pay in service subscriptions and upsold hardware (especially since some features work less well or not at all unless your OSes are upgraded across the board).