[dismalaf]

Realistically, Macs are meant to develop for Apple devices only. Apple creates their own ecosystem where nothing else matters.

Want to develop on Docker (Linux)? You should use Linux.

AMD and Intel getting better means now you can have a very, very good Linux experience too.

[solardev]

It's also huge in web dev, graphics, marketing, etc. Every single web dev I know uses a Mac. The hardware guys prefer some Linux variant or another, though.

Windows has WSL, but otherwise it's a lot easier to run a lot of the CLI tools on a Mac, while still having access to a polished GUI and mainstream apps (Adobe and Microsoft, etc.)

[dismalaf]

Didn't say it's not big, only that Apple themselves build it to service their own ecosystem only. The fact it runs any of these tools is simply a result of the Unix-y core. If you want 100% compatibility with Linux tools, Linux is still the best bet (obviously).