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They changed that to appeal to Windows users, people who were raised on Windows are absolutely obsessed with full screening everything for some reason
What's wrong with fullscreen?
I can't imagine coding in a small window when you have the whole screen
I think he is talking about how the default is full screen instead of maximize window. Full screen meaning the entire screen with no application and system bar visible and maximized window meaning taking the whole space but still showing the application and system bar. Anecdotally I have seen many more mac users doing stuff in a small window than windows or linux users.
Thanks for explaining, I was really confused there