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The much more plausible hypothesis is that Apple doesn't care about the Mac app store because they realize it's failed. The users that can't be expected to boo
by hyperpape 9y ago
The much more plausible hypothesis is that Apple doesn't care about the Mac app store because they realize it's failed.
The users that can't be expected to boot into recovery mode are the users who shouldn't be loading kernel extensions. Making the system relatively safe by default, with obnoxious ways of subverting those protections for people who (unlike me) want the option of a foot-gun seems like a good balancing act.
- Razengan 9y agoI prefer to get all my software, and games, from the Mac App Store if possible. Every time I use a new Mac I'm always glad for the immense convenience; just go into my Purchased items list and click Install on each of the apps I want there, knowing they'll be fully updated and relatively secure compared to downloading from the app's website (see the Transmission ransomware fiasco.) I just wish Apple brought it into feature-parity with the iOS App Store.