Yes they can, they just can't be published on the Mac App Store. But the existence of the MAS does not affect anybody's ability to distribute applications outsi

Yes they can, they just can't be published on the Mac App Store. But the existence of the MAS does not affect anybody's ability to distribute applications outside of it. > making your computer limited to a whim of someone on the other side of the world That's a really weird way to say this. Security is not a whim.