I remember the Unix-ness was a big part of OS X’s nerd popularity. People were talking about real Unix terminals, for example.
Later Windows also aimed for the same thing with their new console app and Linux support. Yet macOS has remained the same. The Terminal app feels essentially unchanged and there’s no good app package service (eg brew etc - these are third party and can mess up your system.)
Even Xcode is, well… look how extensions were restricted.
Modern macOS feels boring, but also not aimed at developers.
Later Windows also aimed for the same thing with their new console app and Linux support. Yet macOS has remained the same. The Terminal app feels essentially unchanged and there’s no good app package service (eg brew etc - these are third party and can mess up your system.)
Even Xcode is, well… look how extensions were restricted.
Modern macOS feels boring, but also not aimed at developers.