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Ask HN: What macOS apps/programs do you not recommend? And why

It's a playful but curious topic. When this has been asked in reverse (which do you use) it often throws up this question quite soon into the discussion.

Photos and iTunes, promised so much with Digital Life, but their previous abject fails convinced me to look elsewhere.

( 3 comments | on HN )
Re:Ask HN: What macOS apps/programs do you not recommend? An... by culturalroof on Wednesday July 31, 2024 @03:14PM (#41122410)
ChatGPT because there is no option to remove the menu bar icon
Re:Ask HN: What macOS apps/programs do you not recommend? An... by guimaraes on Wednesday July 31, 2024 @03:47PM (#41122756)
I recently started looking at Raycast over Alfred, but from what I saw, people have concerns about it being VC funded and other privacy stuff.
Re:Ask HN: What macOS apps/programs do you not recommend? An... by torunar on Wednesday July 31, 2024 @06:07PM (#41124004)
Chess, Books and other preinstalled apps that you can’t remove for this exact reason.