zerosleeps

If you take a look at my last dozen-or-so posts you’ll see that I’m not happy with macOS at the moment, and I’m not particularly looking forward to macOS Tahoe either. The new user interface isn’t being well received by those who have tried it or developed for it.

As I said in one of my tantrums about mediaanalysisd, I don’t want a new interface or a new Journal app or more crap which prevents me from doing what I want. I want a rock solid operating system that feels like it’s been crafted by people who love the Mac. But I don’t think Apple loves the Mac any more. They certainly don’t care about macOS the way they used to. They’re making fantastic Mac hardware at the moment but they seem to have stopped enhancing the core of macOS in a way which benefits anyone other than themselves.

Here’s a comment on Hacker News from today that resonates with me:

I’ve been so disheartened by things like this, and I’m confident it represents the end of an era so to speak, that I’ve already come to terms with it and started moving off of Apple’s ecosystem.

For me, the move is a matter of pursuing systems which allow me a bit more freedom. Apple has restricted me in ways that I permitted for decades now, but I permitted it because the compromise was worth it. I don’t see it being worth it in 5 or 10 years, so I’m starting the transition now.

Fixing bugs doesn’t make for exciting marketing material, but being able to answer your iPhone on your MacBook does so that’s where the time and money goes. My /Applications folder is slowly being taken over by Apple apps that I’ve never once opened, or even wanted to open.

Does Tahoe make it possible for me to view logs generated by my own computer? Will my MacBook running Tahoe sleep when I tell it to and stay asleep? Buggered if I know. I wouldn’t think so. All Apple wants me to know about is some stupid new feature they added to Image Playground, or how I really need to give them even more money so I can use Apple News.

Which leads me to the inescapable conclusion that I’m not the target audience for the Mac any more.