Not taking time to configure an environment I spend most of my day in is as unthinkable as not decorating my home. I've used OS X. It was my primary environment for a few years, and there's no way I'd be happy using it on a day to day basis without spending ages trying to replicate a setup similar to what I have on Linux.
OS X works fine if you're content with it's limitations. It becomes a straight-jacket if you're not.
I used to think like this and ran Linux on Macbooks.
I have to say that overall, nowadays, the environment doesn't affect me much, most of the time is spent inside a text editor and the rest is inside a browser.
The widespread use of docker removed the need for most package management (the worst thing about Windows and Mac).
I use nix-darwin to manage most dependencies on Mac which is okay, albeit not a great experience (nowhere close to nixos on Linux).
I'd rather use Linux + sway when given the choice but I can, stoically, make work with pretty much anything.
I don't see a reason to stoically put up with an alternative I consider inferior for my use.
Maybe for junior devs lacking the leverage to decide what they want to run, but thankfully I don't have to put up with that.
(It's of course fine to actually prefer OS X, but putting up with it if you don't is another matter)
Most of my time is also spent inside editors or browsers, but the window manager matters a lot - to the point the majority of config changes I've made on a stock Ubuntu install is my window manager config.
Of course it's decoration. The choice of style and materials used in furniture is a central part of interior decoration.
Even choosing furniture purely based on function is a stylistic statement.
In any case it's obtuse to focus on this as the point of my statement was clear: that customizing an environment you spend much of your day in matters - that applies whether you only care about function or care about appearance too.
OS X works fine if you're content with it's limitations. It becomes a straight-jacket if you're not.