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As others here have said, Linux distributions are well used by using official packages. That said, my two Linux laptops and Linux servers I spin up for personal

As others here have said, Linux distributions are well used by using official packages. That said, my two Linux laptops and Linux servers I spin up for personal projects are at least partially for the freedom to install anything I want. For macOS, iPadOS, iOS for my watch, and iOS for my iPhone, I like the protected walled garden. I also like to sometimes use my Chromebook for the same reason: these closed platforms feel more secure to me. I am happy that Apple OKed the HKMap.live app.

augstein 7y ago
With macOS, you can install anything you want. The macOS App Store only contains a subset of all software available/written for macOS.
- newscracker 7y ago
  That seems to be changing too for apps outside the Mac App Store: "Beginning in macOS 10.15, notarization is required by default for all software." [1] How many users would even figure out (if it's possible and) how to bypass this? Looks like developers will have to do a lot more. [1]: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/security/notarizing_your_app_before_distribution https://developer.apple.com/documentation/security/notarizin...
  - weiming 7y ago
    Not that difficult to notarize an app. For example, the latest Sublime Text just added it the other day.
    - lostgame 7y ago
      Alright, but, of course, we're talking about more legacy apps, here. What if I've paid a licence for an obscure VST?
- mark_l_watson 7y ago
  I have been running beta versions of Catalina for several months. Catalina is locked down, security wise.
anoncake 7y ago
> For macOS, iPadOS, iOS for my watch, and iOS for my iPhone, I like the protected walled garden. No one wants to take away the option to only use Apple's store.