Mac users: Avoid Big Sur update

I did not install, and I'm glad I avoided it. Some older MacBooks get bricked (2013-2014) and numerous issues exist in the update and many other issues have occurred as well. Seems like Apple is moving away from professional users in favor of ios/phone apps. Very bad update, very unprofessional and not ready for prime time.

Ok, I hate to say but IMHO Apple has turned greedy and kind of intrusive. Any of you who have Macs and tried to avoid big sur, no matter what you do, they almost force you to install it. I refuse, it trashes the current version of GIMP (2.10.22) so no go for me. I still see many users having issues. If you don't know this release begins the death spiral of Intel CPUs on the Mac.

A fail-safe, tiny app in the background will prevent Big Sur from installing, here it is:
https://github.com/hjuutilainen/bigsurblocker/releases

Also you can temporarily turn off the Big Sur notification with the following command in Terminal:
defaults write com.apple.systempreferences AttentionPrefBundleIDs 0 && Killall Dock

... but it is temporary, going to System Preferences or the App Store may turn it back on.

FWIW