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The amount of bugs in #Apple’s #Tahoe OS are now well-known, but I find their abundance shocking and disheartening.

The design of their processes for the user have also become cluttered, by adding unnecessary extra steps. To wit: when I click “edit” on a phone contact, I now get a little pop-up that says “edit this contact“ and I have to press that in order to actually make the edit. Why are there two steps to pressing edit? No other options are offered in the second step, so what’s the point?

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Geoffrey Giebelhaus Feb 17

@breitensteinart things like this is why I left #Microsoft as well. One if my biggest gripes was that an action that used to be a simple right click, was now hidden behind a multi key and click sub menu... Why make it harder to use my computer?

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Marlene Breitenstein Art Feb 17

@geoff_eg 100%. Apple is no longer taking a horse and buggy towards Microsoft, they’ve hopped on the bullet train. Some new design decisions remind me of what computers were like in the 1980s.

They’ve also introduced premium levels in some of their included apps, like Pages and Numbers. The future is clear, they’re going to monetize every piece they can.

I really never quite believed Apple would jump on the enshittification bandwagon. I’m wiping my old laptop and reinstalling Sequoia.

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Marlene Breitenstein Art Feb 17

@geoff_eg What do you use now?

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Alexander S. Kunz Feb 17

@breitensteinart this is the Fediverse Marlene… the only question is WHICH Linux distribution @geoff_eg is using 🤣

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Marlene Breitenstein Art Feb 18

@alexskunz @geoff_eg Ha! My husband recently installed Linux on his old Mac laptop, but didn’t stick with it, for reasons. I’m tempted to try it, but I’m not sure how much time I really want to devote to learning a new operating system. Also, it’s rare for me to use the command line. (Hubby is an old hand, though.) I think I’m stuck with Apple for now, having used Macs since 1984. What’s your honest assessment, is there a real likelihood that a designer-type would ever be satisfied with Linux?

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Alexander S. Kunz Feb 18

@breitensteinart I guess it really depends on what software you’re used to and your ability to switch to something different.

My workflow is extremely efficient with Lightroom (Classic) and I also work as a Lightroom tutor and expert so I’m (happily) stuck with Adobe. :)

@geoff_eg

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Marlene Breitenstein Art

@alexskunz Thanks for the feedback. I really found Lightroom Classic great to work with, loved its subtleties, but my feelings about Adobe are … meh. After 30 years with them, I switched to DXO PhotoLab last year. So I guess I’m OK with learning new software. My attitude towards change is generally positive.

Anyway, I guess I should poke around what Linux is about, so at least I’m a bit more informed than presently. Perhaps a decision will evolve. Have a good rest of your Sunday!