• tyler@programming.dev
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    15 hours ago

    That is only recently. If you actually did a study across all kids from when Macs first came out, they would lean heavily opposite of what you’re saying.

    Also brew is a wild thing to say is “Apple deciding what you can install”. Windows literally didn’t even have a package manager until recently. So either your argument is that you couldn’t install things properly on windows until recently or your argument is that it was harder to install stuff on Mac the further back in time you go. Both of those logical paths lead to “Mac is harder and more technical to use” rather than the opposite.

    • Kangae_Hishiryo@scribe.disroot.org
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      6 hours ago

      Yeah, but brew was (and is) a community PM, and then there’s Scoop, for example, in Windows. Literally the reason why brew was created is that without it, macOS only would let you install packages from their limited store, and what I meant is that was literally the only hard thing about them. Most of people will simply just use the store. And I’m not trying to say that Windows is harder to use, you’re putting words in my mouth to make an straw man. What I’m saying is that both are equally stupidly easy and limited.