Ask HN: Windows/Linux software that has no real equivalent on macOS?
4•fastily•4h ago
Asking about productivity software and not video games. I’m curious about any niches that are underserved and/or have no real alternatives
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mmooss•4h ago
Industry-specific applications often run only on Windows: Small organizations make them, limiting capacity to support more platforms, and their clients are businesses and therefore usually use Windows. For example, I'd expect that most software for running accountants' offices would run only on Windows.
A big exception is vendor-hosted browser-based software, which can run on more platforms. Some features could still be Windows-only. Another exception is phone-based software.
bigyabai•4h ago
Most of the killer apps I use on Linux are either free versions of Mac apps (eg. Planify) or server software that will never run like-native (eg. Docker).
mmooss•4h ago
A big exception is vendor-hosted browser-based software, which can run on more platforms. Some features could still be Windows-only. Another exception is phone-based software.