I consider my usage of my Macs to be "professional."
1. An Apple Developer license is only required for distributing software in App Stores and notarizing.
2. I'm not sure what ads you're talking about in macOS. I've only ever seen them in the completely optional App Store.
3. Installing Homebrew is literally a one liner. I've never used it, but Macports appears to be similarly easy as an alternative.
4. I can't speak to this point, so I'll take your word for it.
5. I only started using macOS since the Apple Silicon era, but as far as I'm concerned the experience just keeps getting better and better. Every release of macOS has added features I enjoy and use constantly. Just the seamless integration between all of the Apple products in my house was worth switching from my previous mix of Windows, Linux, and Android.
1. An Apple Developer license is only required for distributing software in App Stores and notarizing.
2. I'm not sure what ads you're talking about in macOS. I've only ever seen them in the completely optional App Store.
3. Installing Homebrew is literally a one liner. I've never used it, but Macports appears to be similarly easy as an alternative.
4. I can't speak to this point, so I'll take your word for it.
5. I only started using macOS since the Apple Silicon era, but as far as I'm concerned the experience just keeps getting better and better. Every release of macOS has added features I enjoy and use constantly. Just the seamless integration between all of the Apple products in my house was worth switching from my previous mix of Windows, Linux, and Android.