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Which proprietary software do you prefer over their open-source alternatives, and why? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by mayflower@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Thisisforfun@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

macOS because it's just so damned comfy.

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[–] OscarRobin@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Apples Notes because nothing else has the perfect amount of formatting, alongside exceptional sync.

Also Apple Mail for the same simplicity reason - Geary on Gnome is close-ish, but goes too far down the simple route. How does it not have a refresh button??

Also Logic Pro, mainly because there aren't any fully FOSS alternatives that even attempt a full-featured DAW, let alone with Drummer etc.

I also 'prefer' Apple's productivity suite over everything else, because it has by far the best UX, but I'm totally fine with LibreOffice too.

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