I just switched from Linux to mac and not being able to close windows from mission control is super frustrating. Speaking of frustrating things on macOS - can someone tell me the reason why seemingly every single tiny utility app costs money? Just does not feel right to pay for features that ought to be system functionality.
I think they cost money because people put time and effort into making them, and being an alive human costs money. That + macOS users tend to be happy to spend a small amount of money to make their life easier
And that's totally fair, but this app is honestly rather trivial.. I think the surprising thing is that there are fewer Mac devs spending time making free software. I don't think Apple makes things better either by forcing devs to pay for a dev account to sell signed apps through official channels.
Exactly. I really don't mind paying for apps in general, but with macOS even those tiny trivial utils are mostly not open source / free. I'm talking stuff like changing mouse acceleration, add a "new xxx file" right click menu to finder or closing apps in mission control. Compared to Linux (and even Windows) I really miss some sort of open source movement.
If it’s too expensive, don’t buy it? Personally I think it’s awesome there’s tons of small creators making a living improving macOS. What you get in return is incredibly polished products.
Here you can find many FOSS utilities:
https://github.com/serhii-londar/open-source-mac-os-apps
Also, check r/apphookup on reddit for discounts (every day there’s a couple iOS apps that are made free and they’re often compatible with the Mac too thanks to Catalyst). If you have an iPhone you can use the Pager app and set monitors for the subreddit to receive notifications.
Eventually you can pay for a SetApp subscription (10 whatever your value is + 3 for any additional device).
