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Seconded. The last time when I was forced to use a Mac laptop, I hated every minute of it... Not because it was smooth and worked well, but that I had less and
by crankylinuxuser 7y ago
Seconded.
The last time when I was forced to use a Mac laptop, I hated every minute of it... Not because it was smooth and worked well, but that I had less and less freedoms to manipulate the system.
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- Wowfunhappy 7y agoFYI, if you turn off SIP you can do quite literally anything. Rewrite random memory, install random unsigned kernel extensions, replace the kernel with a version you compiled yourself, the works. The only thing that has no built-in off switch is TCC ("this app would like permission XXX"), although without SIP the ability to nullify it with code is theoretically at your disposal. I wish someone would make a MacForge plugin...
- q3k 7y agoI don't think the point isn't about you or me - we're perfectly capable of bypassing this (for now). The point is a) about Apple's hostility b) what to expect from your average macOS user as a developer (most will have no idea what SIP even is, and then telling them to disable SIP is borderline irresponsible).
- Wowfunhappy 7y agoGP said that they as a user disliked using macOS because they "had less and less freedoms to manipulate the system." If GP wants more freedoms on their machine, GP should go ahead and grant their own wish. Regular software shouldn't run into SIP. It will run into Gatekeeper if the developer doesn't explicitly notarize/sign it, but I don't think it's irresponsible to tell users how to bypass Gatekeeper.