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That rant was long.

My take after having been in the Apple ecosystem for a while: it's perfect if you can throw money at any issues.

The author's issue with notes not exporting goes away if he had multiple Mac's and never cared to move away from the walled garden.

People pissed about gaming on the mac are IMHO in the same boat, the real answer is usually "buy a console or gaming PC", or in other words "throw money at it".

People wanting cellular on the mac solved the issue with money (either an iPhone or portable WiFi). People wanting the iPad to do more solved it with money (permanent server connection and/or Mac screen sharing).

For people who don't have money to throw around, that ecosystem will just be pain at all turns IMHO. (It might be well worth it, but you need to be willing to commit that money in the first place)