Why does MacOS create these weird hidden files and directories everywhere? It is so bad.
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Indexing and metadata extraction.
You probably mean ._DS_Store and ._yourfilename.thing - it's been doing that eversince I first started using "Mac OS X 10.4".
No idea why, since HFS+ already has a journal and the FAT entries already have a lot of info in them...
Freeing up diskspace on mac is surprisingly annoying. Try unsyncing icloud drive, photos taking up lots of space. All so tiresome.
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Why are you using a Mac? Do you enjoy prison or something
Because the computer is theirs to do with as they please. You do not own a Mac, you merely experience it.
Because is not a Linux.
Where else would you store directory GUI view settings? (It's fine to say you'd prefer not to store them, Finder should have a hidden default to disable creation of ._DS_Store files)
The same reason why the Windows do the same.