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A Hacker News post says Macs still lack a convenient built-in way to enter a plain checkmark, pushing users to the slow character or emoji picker.

It argues iOS offers even fewer text-character input options, leaving emoji as the default fallback for special symbols.

The complaint highlights usability gaps in Apple’s text input tools and how they steer users toward nonstandard symbols for basic needs.