The Real Reason Claude Code Users Prefer the Terminal

Anthropic asked users their favourite way to use Claude Code : Terminal, VS Code, Desktop App, Mobile, or Web. The Terminal won . Yes, the command line – a plain text application 99% of Mac users never open. No buttons. Just a blinking cursor. Why would anyone prefer it? Because it looks complicated. When Claude Code runs in the Terminal, text scrolls by in bright colours. It looks like The Matrix…