My next Mac might be the last
I&#x27;ve been feeling this creeping since roughly the PPC-&gt;Intel transition. There was a point where I was turning off more new OS X features than using them. The inescapable fact is that if you do not want to fully jump into the Apple ecosystem, macOS treats you like a second class citizen. I sync my iPhone via lightning cable, use Retroactive to install iTunes (it&#x27;s better than Apple&#x27;s &quot;Music&quot; app if you&#x27;re managing your own library), get my apps via homebrew casks, store my documents locally, and every new release of macOS makes these sort of things a little bit harder.<p>As far as security posture goes, I&#x27;m not too concerned. Little Snitch + Pihole are pretty amazing and I have the skills to stay secure. But it is depressing watching from the Catalina shore as each year another macOS release takes more autonomy from the user.