Yeah, the first thing I do when I get a new Mac is to install some tools to make the experience less annoying.
AltTab: https://alt-tab-macos.netlify.app/
Rectangle: https://rectangleapp.com/
Dato: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/dato/id1470584107
Caffeine: https://www.caffeine-app.net/
Paragon NTFS Driver (free for Seagate disks): https://www.seagate.com/support/software/paragon/
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In my own experience, I found out GNOME 40+ to be more polished UI-wise than MacOS. I was really surprised when I installed Fedora Silverblue the first time. And also I'm a bit upset that MacOS seems to have stalled, and when Apple adds changes is to make it look more and more like iOS.
Doubly so when they are closed source and free. How are the developers making the money? Are they community supported somehow, maybe patreon? Are they tracking you? Inlining ads to your desktop? Who is paying for their apple devel tools or apple store ID?
As the saying goes, if the app is free, you are the product that company is selling
Imagine supporting 100 mac users, each with 6 random binaries installed.
All the icons are jumping around everywhere, everything is colourful, it's 2023 and you can't maximize a window or make it take up half the screen, etc.
I also hate the touch bar but I'd probably get used to that. I used a pre-touchbar Air for a few months and going back to windows felt amazing.
I am eagerly waiting for Asahi to be usable as a daily driver, my next laptop will probably run Apple silicon.