macOS Decline Criticism

Discussions focus on complaints about macOS stagnation, UI degradation, feature removals, and Apple's prioritization of iOS over improving macOS usability and developer experience.

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Sample Comments

SvenL Dec 23, 2025 View on HN

Based on the latest iOS / MacOS update they don’t want to improve their interfaces anyway.

skydhash May 20, 2025 View on HN

Current macos is going the windows direction with some architecture choice (default uninstallable software, settings panel mess, meaningless updates,…)

behnamoh Dec 23, 2023 View on HN

Yes, they have treated macOS like a toy. It's time they made it a real OS.

nikofeyn Aug 5, 2016 View on HN

iOS? what about mac os x? it's completely stagnated if not gotten worse from a usability standpoint.

skavi Apr 21, 2020 View on HN

is it just me, or did MacOS get uglier with each release?

adastra22 Aug 17, 2022 View on HN

Not everyone feels this way about macOS.

etatoby Sep 26, 2017 View on HN

MacOS seems not to be a priority for Apple, sadly.

bigyabai Jul 1, 2025 View on HN

MacOS is not easy to use. I don't know why people keep echoing the sentiment, it's opinionated in ways that make little sense and refuses to copy Windows' few features that are actually good. And whenever I find a legitimate OS issue, people say I should either spend $15/year on an app that works around the issue or wait for a MacOS update to fix it. It's a user experience that looks like a parody compared to Windows or even Linux.I have to assume Apple just doesn

apercu Sep 27, 2025 View on HN

I mostly agree with you but apple is doing its best to enshitify MacOS.

lifeisgood99 Oct 6, 2018 View on HN

The ios and Macos debacles say otherwise