[pjmlp]

No, we see many of Windows 11 nuisances as something to put up with, if we want to the freedom to drive to the local PC store to have any problem sorted out, while having aquariums (which I personally hate), to compete with game consoles in capabilities.

Some of us appreciate the NeXTSTEP heritage on macOS but don't want to put up with prices, or soldered components, killing any kind of expansion.

Also many of us do have decades experience with Linux, but decided to save the time spent with Linux tinkering during our youth, by using local VMs or cloud instances.

[platevoltage]

I mean, I was a Hackintosher 10 years. It was nice to be able to stuff $2000 worth of components into a case that I found in a dumpster, but these days I deal with The “apple tax” to not have to put up with my OS treating me like a walking microtransaction.

I will agree that the ram/ssd factory upgrades are horrendously priced. Other than that, I don’t see their pricing as unfair at all.

[pjmlp]

Depends on where one in the world lives, by the way I was never found of hackintosches rather the standard expansion from LC and Quadras, that aren't a market Apple cares about any longer.

[platevoltage]

It got really awesome towards the inevitable end. If you had the right hardware, Opencore would give you a rock solid system, aside from some quirks with some apple services.