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> I'd like to be able to run an app (not just an App store app but any app) and be relatively sure it can't do anything bad. Mac application sandboxing is inde
by ken 8y ago
> I'd like to be able to run an app (not just an App store app but any app) and be relatively sure it can't do anything bad.
Mac application sandboxing is independent of the App Store. There’s no reason third parties can’t ship applications from their own websites that use the sandbox.
The reason that many don’t is that the sandbox tends to be so restrictive to even common and reasonable tasks that it often makes the UI noticeably worse.
- tokyodude 8y agoApps opting in to security is an oxymoronic idea I get the restrictions are severe. I think work should be done to fix that rather than give up and just have everything be massively insecure by default.