Whatever you do, don’t tell this person about macOS.
For anyone using macOS, Vorssaint is a lifesaver.
It has a number of “fixes” for macOS, including quit on close, clipboard access, per-app volume control, and many more.
It took somebody showing me to finally understand what was going on when I first used one back in college
It’s just a different mindset, it has been that way since system 7.
With a modern macOS, you just look for the little dot in the dock or use command-tab to switch through and quit what you don’t want running.
Had a gen z coworker once who was a little mind-blown when I pointed out that the squeaky boots episode of SpongeBob is just “The Tell-Tale Heart.” Usually any time I’ve tried to share that fun fact, anyone who’s already familiar with both stories has already connected the dots. It was pretty fun to witness the “holy shit it IS the same story” realization in real time.
Millennial here who never connected the dots. Thank you!
Whereas my system is full of daemons and zombies, just the way I like it
There are legitimate reasons to keep a background task around, like SyncThing. There are illegitimate reasons too, like Discord.
ahem… Steam
Steam with its memory-hogging chromium instance that still runs when the window is ”closed”.
Or like teams and fucking edge for some reason. Quality memory hogs
