Yep. Same with Windows; you get a big red screen and warning message when checks are disabled. You have to be able to do this in order to develop custom drivers

Yep. Same with Windows; you get a big red screen and warning message when checks are disabled. You have to be able to do this in order to develop custom drivers and kernel extensions. One the one hand, it makes it difficult for regular users to install malicious root-kits, but it also limits all wide scale adoption of FOSS tech like this at the pure whims and discretion of Apple.