How do I import photos from my camera without being forced to use any silly mac software?

Mac seems to force me to use a silly image managment software (like iphoto) to import photos from my camera

It does not force you to do that.

Open iPhoto, go to iPhoto / Preferences and change the setting so no application opens when the camera is connected.

Whether you change the setting or not, the camera does indeed appear as a "removable storage device". At least mine does:

And you can double click the camera icon and navigate the contents. The contents are shown exactly as they would be on any "storage device":

Thus you have the option in iPhoto preferences to let it do it for you, or do it yourself if that is your choice.

Whether you change the setting or not, the camera does indeed appear as a "removable storage device". At least mine does:

That option sometimes depends on the camera's settings.

Photos in iPhoto are by default stored in User>Pictures>iPhoto Library.

To keep them at their full or a high resolution, select the photo and from the File menu select Export. Choose your preferred file type, select the maximum resolution, if that's what required and select that you want the image to be full-size from the drop-down menu.

A couple of thoughts:

1. in Finder are Preferences set to show devices on the desktop?

2. My iPhoto does not change the resolution of imported images. My Nikon's images are imported at 300 dpi. The images from tiny Sony that I also have come in at 72 dpi.

Just to add in, I know that you think iPhoto is:

....a silly image managment software (like iphoto) to import photos from my camera when i plug it in.

But, it really does do a good job with minimal effort. IMHO.