I love Panic and I love hacking, and I started hacking on the Mac and will always have a soft spot for the macOS. I'm glad they built this and their other cool (but proprietary) software, despite the fact that software freedom is really important.
That said, I'll never use a toolchain that isn't free software. These are my work tools, into which I invest decades of muscle memory and configuration. Between Apple's lack of emphasis on long term application BC, and their increasingly locked down hardware (and I type this on an iMac Pro with T2 and firmware security on), I just can't invest my time and energy into the most critical of my development tools (an editor) that isn't going to come with me to any platform or device that I ever end up using, or, more importantly, be hackable.
It's sort of like fire insurance. I hope to never, ever need to use it (recompile my editor with a change), but the idea of having some of my most valuable resources/investments at risk, with no recourse should the worst happen, is insane to me.
That said, I'll never use a toolchain that isn't free software. These are my work tools, into which I invest decades of muscle memory and configuration. Between Apple's lack of emphasis on long term application BC, and their increasingly locked down hardware (and I type this on an iMac Pro with T2 and firmware security on), I just can't invest my time and energy into the most critical of my development tools (an editor) that isn't going to come with me to any platform or device that I ever end up using, or, more importantly, be hackable.
It's sort of like fire insurance. I hope to never, ever need to use it (recompile my editor with a change), but the idea of having some of my most valuable resources/investments at risk, with no recourse should the worst happen, is insane to me.