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Since this thread is broadly about Apple losing its edge as a fairly secure-by-default platform: I installed Windows 10 on a computer and use it from time to t
by grandalf 9y ago
Since this thread is broadly about Apple losing its edge as a fairly secure-by-default platform:
I installed Windows 10 on a computer and use it from time to time and the built-in anti-virus and malware protection makes me feel more comfortable running unsigned applications on Windows than I feel running them on OSX.
I find myself wishing that Apple would take similar responsibility for security (virus, malware) threats. One possible reason Apple is not doing this is because the next iteration of MacBooks will run iOS and unsigned apps will not be possible without jailbreaking.
- JustSomeNobody 9y agoApple has repeatedly said iOS and MacOS serve two different purposes. So, while I firmly believe we'll see Macs running Apple processors, I do not believe we'll see them running iOS.
- TheKarateKid 9y agoDoing that on MacOS would be the death of it. Apple does have the audacity to move towards that direction (OS X already makes you jump through a few hoops with downloaded unsigned apps) but even they know that a lot of their users are developers who need that freedom.
- grandalf 9y agoI could see XCode and Command Line Tools becoming apps. And Homebrew could be an app that let all of its contents run in a sandbox and not touch any of the device's other data.