[hu3]

As a consultant, I work with Linux, macOS and Windows. Depends on the client and the project.

I can't remember last time I even heard about a malware in someone else's Windows machine, let alone my Windows machine. I don't know what you mean by debugging installers.

Sounds like an outdated opinion. Just like those "lol PHP bad" regurgitations and linking outdated articles about it.

[consteval]

The sysadmins at my job frequently find malware artifacts on our servers, because we exclusively use Windows server. And the expectation is you RDP in to get stuff done, which means there's a big potential for human failure.

Also most Windows software is just taken off the web and installed with administrator privileges. Sure, there are package managers. In practice, they're rarely used on Windows.

From a technical standpoint, Windows isn't "that bad" at allowing malware. From a culture standpoint, almost nothing has changed since the 90s. Linux and Mac have a different culture.

[hu3]

macOS used to have a decent security story until some QoL started requiring disabling SIP.

They gutted the OS so much that users start disabling security features.

And don't get me started with atrocious window manager from macOS. Took a decade to improve it slightly. Still far away from some Linux DE and Windows. I don't enjoy having to buy apps to fix macOS. There are some open source tools for some things but for others it's cost effective to just buy.