The upgrade issue is exactly why I don’t like Debian-based distros for my desktop

Not the OP but I agree WSL doesn’t offer much over Mac unless you care about GNU vs BSD.

I feel this one. The Finder and file-picking dialogs are genuinely awful.

Way off. Macs are BSD Unix computers saddled with a desktop whose opinions are both worse and more strongly held than those of GNOME’s. The steering wheel you’re begging for is the terminal. When you get everything done from there, it’s grand. iPads are devices made for consuming only. Macs are for creating.

.NET is just a runtime, not problematic at all, and definitely doesn’t deserve to be lumped in with ads, spyware, and AI.

Brave has a built-in ad blocker based on uBlock. There are lots of reasons people don’t recommend Brave, but the lack of an ad blocker isn’t one of them.

Brave and Vivaldi have built-in ad blockers. Brave’s is based on uBO; Vivaldi’s is based on ABP.

Fuck off lol I’m over 50 currently playing Saros

Sick reference, bro! Your references are out of control, everyone knows that!

Yes! Neovim for coding, Vim for non-code editing

It’s obvious: the reason is money

ITT: answers explaining why they’re doing it rather than the actual question of how it’s legal.

I guess the short answer is, when you’re rich and powerful, who’s going to stop you? We don’t have a functioning government and haven’t since the 70s at the latest; it’s been captured and only serves wealth and Wall StreetStreet now.