This hasn't been my experience. macOS still incessantly bothers you about OS updates even if you decline signing into an Apple account during first-boot, and you can download major release updaters independently from the Mac Store (e.g. using the script from OSX-KVM).
Command-Shift-G my friend.
> or run a program
Spotlight? (Command-space) Or Mission Control? (Control-space for me, but I think I customized that)
> have the file browser automatically resize its icon view
You want a window to automatically make the icons bigger if you resize the window to be bigger? No idea how to make that happen.
If it’s a feature you want, and there are multiple ways of handling it, why not go with a third party app with a windows placement scheme that works for you? I do.
>It shouldn't be difficult to navigate to a directory via a path or run a program
It’s not. I bet I can run any program on my Mac in 6 keystrokes or less. I easily navigate via paths.
>have the file browser automatically resize its icon view.
Personally this sounds like an extreme edge case preference to me. I would hate this behavior
That's what you're missing.
You're required to sign in for updates so they can track you. No software patches without monitoring, I guess.
No way to remove iTunes or stop Safari from trying to take over again and again. Even if you don't want music to open that way.
Steve Balmer would be proud.
Remember 2005-8 when you tried Ubuntu for the first time and were wowed with Compiz Fusion compared to the drab Windows XP/Vista/etc window management?
That's the feeling you get every time you step away from MacOs finder and the atrocious Mac window manager.
You shouldn't need a 3rd party plugin to manage window placement. It shouldn't be difficult to navigate to a directory via a path or run a program or have the file browser automatically resize its icon view. But that's Mac.