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As long as this doesn't become the only way for me to put apps on my Mac. :P

statictype 16y ago
It's not. The traditional method(s) will still work. For me the main selling point of the centralized app store is that you get all updates in a single place instead of having each app spawn it's own update mechanism.
- roadnottaken 16y ago
  Why hasn't anyone else thought of this before!?! EDIT: Sarcasm.... ;)
  - sudont 16y ago
    As in Bodega, the pre-existing mac app store, or Sparkle, the mac app updating framework?
    - rigormotis 16y ago
      Or any of the serveral package managers on linux that have been around for ~10 years.
  - statictype 16y ago
    Not sure if you're serious or not but apt-get has been part of Debian for ages and yum on Fedora. This is hardly a novel idea.
  - gwern 16y ago
    Linux distros thought of it back in the mid-90s or so - 15 years or more.
- pclark 16y ago
  You should check out http://metaquark.de/appfresh/ http://metaquark.de/appfresh/ :)
- zavulon 16y ago
  > It's not. The traditional method(s) will still work. For now. I'm willing to bet any amount that in 5 years (most likely a lot sooner) this will be the only "legal" way to install software on your Mac (and you'll probably need to jailbreak your Mac to install apps through command line or something). In another 5 years or so, Windows will follow.
  - jfager 16y ago
    At which point every developer (except those working on platform-specific projects) would switch their work machine to Linux. Phones and tablets went that way because they're new devices that weren't already entrenched in people's daily lives, and they're complementary to your primary machine. The fact that they're locked down is a dealbreaker for many, but it doesn't imply a wholesale ship-jumping like locking down a desktop would. [Edited to clarify that I wasn't talking about the platform developers would target, but would themselves use].
    - zavulon 16y ago
      I'm not sure they'll lose every developer to Linux. App Store will provide incredible exposure for their apps, which just may make it worth it for them.
  - philwelch 16y ago
    Why would that be? Apple sells more than enough machines to developers to know better than that. Yes, iPhones and such are locked down. That's the difference between iPhones and Macs.
siddhant 16y ago
Soundcloud doesn't think so. I cant find the dmg on their website and the link to "Get App" redirects me to AppStore. While I certainly appreciate Apple, for coming out with a central place for installing applications, this is what I absolutely don't want.

It's not. The traditional method(s) will still work. For me the main selling point of the centralized app store is that you get all updates in a single place instead of having each app spawn it's own update mechanism.

roadnottaken 16y ago
Why hasn't anyone else thought of this before!?! EDIT: Sarcasm.... ;)
- sudont 16y ago
  As in Bodega, the pre-existing mac app store, or Sparkle, the mac app updating framework?
  - rigormotis 16y ago
    Or any of the serveral package managers on linux that have been around for ~10 years.
- statictype 16y ago
  Not sure if you're serious or not but apt-get has been part of Debian for ages and yum on Fedora. This is hardly a novel idea.
- gwern 16y ago
  Linux distros thought of it back in the mid-90s or so - 15 years or more.
pclark 16y ago
You should check out http://metaquark.de/appfresh/ http://metaquark.de/appfresh/ :)
zavulon 16y ago
> It's not. The traditional method(s) will still work. For now. I'm willing to bet any amount that in 5 years (most likely a lot sooner) this will be the only "legal" way to install software on your Mac (and you'll probably need to jailbreak your Mac to install apps through command line or something). In another 5 years or so, Windows will follow.
- jfager 16y ago
  At which point every developer (except those working on platform-specific projects) would switch their work machine to Linux. Phones and tablets went that way because they're new devices that weren't already entrenched in people's daily lives, and they're complementary to your primary machine. The fact that they're locked down is a dealbreaker for many, but it doesn't imply a wholesale ship-jumping like locking down a desktop would. [Edited to clarify that I wasn't talking about the platform developers would target, but would themselves use].
  - zavulon 16y ago
    I'm not sure they'll lose every developer to Linux. App Store will provide incredible exposure for their apps, which just may make it worth it for them.
- philwelch 16y ago
  Why would that be? Apple sells more than enough machines to developers to know better than that. Yes, iPhones and such are locked down. That's the difference between iPhones and Macs.

siddhant 16y ago

Soundcloud doesn't think so. I cant find the dmg on their website and the link to "Get App" redirects me to AppStore. While I certainly appreciate Apple, for coming out with a central place for installing applications, this is what I absolutely don't want.