Agreed. I don&#x27;t think Apple creates their applications for power users though. We switch to VLC because we handle a wide range of file formats, QuickTime is &quot;good enough&quot; for the average user (perhaps not anymore considering MKV files are very popular amongst pirated videos). Photos, Calendar and Safari are &quot;good enough&quot; for users who don&#x27;t use a lot of third-party extensions&#x2F;Developer Tools, or sync their Calendars across multiple non-Apple services.<p>XCode is a necessary evil for a lot of developers, FaceTime depending on your situation is also a necessary evil for users. iMovie is the best of a bad bunch for the average user.<p>However the OSX interface is still very slick in comparison to *nix, requires hardly any maintenance and still supports &quot;all the things&quot; because developers love the hardware and the UX and have built the applications needed for it.<p>I&#x27;ve always turned away from Apple because &quot;you are paying for a brand&quot; - however since being given a Macbook to play with I&#x27;ve really enjoyed using it for dev and personal use. I&#x27;ve uninstalled and removed pretty much all the &quot;bloat&quot; that people like us have a preferred alternative for, but the average user simply doesn&#x27;t give a damn.<p>I still run away from iOS however. The requirement to find an exploit in the firmware to do what I want is a PITA.