josh susser on Nostr: I had to replace my old iMac that died suddenly last month, and went for a mac mini ...

I had to replace my old iMac that died suddenly last month, and went for a mac mini with an LG monitor, because Apple's displays are ridiculously pricey. Wow, what a world of difference. The monitor is just fine for image quality, but system integration is for shit. There is no way to control the brightness except through the display's configuration UI, which involves several steps using the mini-joystick to navigate a bunch of options. I can pipe sound through the display's speakers, but there's no way to control the volume. They keyboard brightness and volume keys do absolutely nothing, and there's no controls in the Settings for those either. I guess there's no good integration with any hardware except Apple's own brand. It's hard to guess whether it's intentional and Apple is doing anti-competitive monopoly stuff, but it sure feels like that.