Where does this "macOS is based on Linux" misconception come from

I thought it was just the annoying guy in one of the discord servers I'm in but I just saw it in a reply #OnHere as well

Is it "macOS is a Unix" and "Linux is like Unix" combining together? Are multiple people reaching this conclusion independently? Is there some single misinformation source that people are buying into? What's going on

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@asonix we gotta start calling it BSD/macOS

@noiob @asonix maybe Mach/OS would be a better name than Darwin

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