using computer

What do I use a computer for? I can't remember where I read this or why, but it was something about how computers, for most people, have become actually just a browser. I think this is right for me; aside from writing, I'm primarily simply accessing the internet. I don't have a problem with this and I don't feel compelled to use online word processors. (In fact, I've gone back to Pages from LibreOffice on my MacBook because LibreOffice now functions too similarly to an old processor - or perhaps more like a text layout program - than what modern processors do.)

The computer is also the place to manage media, which doesn't take much. I don't program, I don't develop, I don't do any sort of design...all I need is, simply, a text editor and a browser. I've been thinking about this mainly because I am stalling wiping macOS, which I am ambivalent about for many of the reasons people are unhappy, but not offended because I've been in the walled garden for so long. Will I just miss the pretty macOS apps? The unity of hardware and software? I wonder if that unity is actually what I should care about, since I've already paid the price for a MacBook. Probably so—liquid glass is already being walked back and the rumor mill seems to expect the ousting of Tim Cook (good riddance) along with some sort of adjustment to the design part of Apple software. (Some CEOs have already changed around or something?)

macOS is easily customizable, even with the paradigm of liquid glass, and my move to Linux would be, without doubt, to a GNOME desktop. I've already configured macOS to behave as similarly to GNOME as it can, so..? What am I pivoting for..? I'm also flirting with the idea of using Homebrew solely for package installation and management like I would with dnf in Fedora anyway. (But, god, all the settings! So much fiddling to do and redo!)

So I have made no decision. I have paid the price for a MacBook and macOS. I think I should wait till the wheels fall off and not change for change's sake. There are plenty of choices I can make with the software still now.