Apple laptops are not so walled-garden. You’ll get security warnings and/or errors (ie Bisq) but you can run most things on them or use web with minimal issue. The bigger hurdle on lappies is the lack of diversity in browser engines nowadays; some web apps just don’t work unless you use a specific browser.

If you are willing and able to setup a proper home server architecture it’s feasible to switch.

I can’t. I have work stuff that needs to function in a workflow so I’ve built a little segregated setup for home server and accept the trade offs because I also can’t have my cake and eat it too.

Hopefully #nostr gets big enough that it warrants someone rebuilding HW from the ground up. Appreciate Derek’s guidance but I don’t see much benefit in switching Apple for Alphabet…