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[-] nothingcorporate@lemmy.world -5 points 6 months ago

Who buys a Mac and uses FOSS? I feel like that venn diagram has very little overlap.

[-] Photuris@lemmy.ml 8 points 6 months ago

Uh, like, a ton of them. Especially developers. Ever heard of homebrew, dude?

[-] communism@lemmy.ml 5 points 6 months ago

LibreOffice is a good productivity suite in its own right. And there's a fair amount of Mac-specific FOSS. Some people just like the Apple ecosystem I guess.

[-] detren@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 months ago

Students who hate Google docs and don’t have the cash for word?

[-] pheggs@feddit.org 2 points 6 months ago

Yeah, it's a weird combo for FOSS because macOS is quite the opposite of what FOSS stands for. However, quite a few people think it's the best and.. I don't know

[-] Eggyhead@lemmings.world 1 points 6 months ago

I’m a teacher. I do.

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