A developer's frustration with MacOS has reached a breaking point, culminating in the decision to abandon Apple hardware entirely. After years of mounting issues with security restrictions, broken functionality, and declining user experience, the switch to a Linx PC represents a significant shift for someone deeply embedded in the Apple ecosystem.

The problems span multiple areas: Discord launches taking minutes, yt_dlp requiring unnecessary dev tools, Python installations blocked from internet access, and notarized apps demanding terminal commands for manual installations. Audio library development fails on some Apple systems due to security restrictions, while keyboard layouts reset unpredictably between German and English. Sleep mode becomes unreliable, requiring hard reboots, and Time Machine backups consistently corrupt after months.

Gaming remains largely impossible despite capable hardware, and basic maintenance tasks like checking drive space or factory resetting prove unnecessarily complicated. The developer's custom German keyboard layout reverts to Apple's "insane" version with each OS update. Finder's file renaming behavior changed to be less useful, and the new "liquid glass" design adds no value. After weighing the inconvenience of running Windows apps through Wine and maintaining a VM for a few remaining applications, the developer concludes that MacOS's declining usability makes the transition worthwhile.