Out of the box Firefox, even as-installed on Debian through apt, has sponsored content on the home page and new tabs. It's basically advertising.
There are other annoyances, I forget, every time I setup a new user or new profile with Firefox I'm reminded how much worse things are and have to go change a bunch of obnoxious stuff.
The problem with a Linux laptop is that you are then bound to shitty UI.
A problem which already begins, if you merely switch browsers. For instance the only browser other than Safari, who has the close buttons on a tab right is Opera. I think you can tweak Firefox to do it, but you are out of luck with Brave or Chrome. That is just one example.
KDE is certainly a step up from Windows, but it is not where the Mac is. This is a fact. It takes more than a HN comment to explain that fact. If you can't discern that yet, lurk more in the Mac-based scene.
Besides, I didn't call KDE shitty but the UI of a Linux laptop in general. Here's the thing, the commenter I responded to did express ethical considerations as the driving motivation for a switch to Linux/GNU from BSD/Mac. Not technical ones.
I can relate to that. I myself would rather switch to an open OS, but the truth is nothing compares to the comfort of the Mac. Currently at least.
