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[-] iopq@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Yes, the systems people actually use vs every system that exists. Very arbitrary

[-] utopiah@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 days ago

What I mean is that MacOS is proprietary and runs on specific hardware, it's by design not meant to be interoperable so it's not "just" popularity.

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