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>>tkgall+(OP)
You might also want to rank by how often people use double hyphens-- like so.

I'm probably not alone here in being a longtime Linux user who started using a Macbook after the Apple Silicon transition, late 2022.

On Windows and Linux, inserting an em-dash is a laborious alt-code process. But on MacOS with an Apple keyboard, the `option` key acts like a tertiary shift, so an `–` em dash is just <option><->.

I didn't start using em-dashes (typing -- is just second nature to me and I'm still on Linux most of the time) when I got a Macbook, but I imagine some people in my shoes did.

>>lynndo+ZW
iOS will convert a double dash into an em dash automatically — see? (I typed a double dash)

>>loloqu+Fz1
It didn't do it for me -- that's a double dash. I wonder if it's because I have smart punctuation turned off — yep, that was it.

Well, it's be nice if I could choose that option, but not smart quotes. C'est la vie as an iOS user.