macOS unable to open any non-Apple application

I feel like even Richard Stallman would have had a hard time imagining non-free operating systems would result in this.

Use linux folks! It doesn't communicate with a third party when a process starts up!

It's just sad that we don't have the corresponding form factor in a similar laptop.

The biggest draw of mac:

1. slim, light 2. long battery life. 3. track pad.

That's all I want, but nobody else offers it on the same spec, the difference is even bigger with M1.

It is strange how many people will sacrifice so much for free speech and the right to bear arms (like tolerating school shootings and foreign interference in elections), but offer them the "freedom OS" and they'll pick the slightly better trackpad.

Does no one here have principles?

Fuck yes I'll pick the slightly better trackpad. To a point anyway. Sitting for upwards of 8 hours a day typing code can be a depressing life trap to find yourself in. If every time I touched my trackpad I cringed because it feels like sandpaper, works like shit, and might not even have good first party driver support, only to be consoled by the the thought that I could install Windows on it if I wanted to, I'd probably not be too satisfied.

I have an expensive chair, that I could only really get fixed by the company that made it. I could have a shitty chair that hurts my ass, messes with my posture, costs 1/12th the price, that I could sit in and re-assure myself that I'm free to get commodity parts anywhere I want, but I'd prefer not to do that unless I had no choice.