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Re:$Home, Not So Sweet $Home by maleldil on Thursday August 17, 2023 @05:43AM (#37159332)
> Using .config (xdg config) on Mac is super weird.

Why? Using it makes macOS more similar to Linux, which I think is a good thing. It surely makes it easier to share configuration files between Macs and Linux machines.

Honestly, I don't see a single upside to using macOS's specific directories over .config/.cache/.local.

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Re:$Home, Not So Sweet $Home by halostatue on Thursday August 17, 2023 @10:02AM (#37161715)
There are operating system processes in place to help keep `~/Library/Caches` smaller (or at least somewhat constrained). They are not there for `~/.cache`.
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