I don't know if Apple know best or not - I didn't say I thought that anywhere and I'm not sure who you're quoting - the point is the opposite - I don't care. As long as the system is usable, get on and use it and actually focus on your work rather than tinkering for the sake of tinkering.

The only war I'm fighting against is wasting my time with system setup.

I think, rather, that parent posts were complaining that these manufacturers defaults were:

1) constantly changing Willy Nilly

2) less than useable, né breaking functionality

A proprietary OS has no obligation to care about your needs, but more importantly, does not allow you TO do anything about it.

This is why I am moving everything to FOSS over the long haul