I would say this is an example of how the user interface - and some of back-end plumbing - of a desktop environment [1] is not designed to serve users, their ne

I would say this is an example of how the user interface - and some of back-end plumbing - of a desktop environment [1] is not designed to serve users, their needs and interests. Instead, it's designed to serve Apple's needs and interests at the expense of users. For me, this is a much stronger reason to avoid Apple software than whether it's FOSS or not. I can live with a company which makes some proprietary app. I mean, I am annoyed that access to it is restricted, but at least the "deal" is upfront. When what I see and what I can run and how it runs is the object of direct partisan manipulation, and trade between commercial companies for epistemic access to a captive user-base, that's a whole other story and it just makes me sick. --- [1] : I'm letting Apple enjoy the benefit of the doubt and assuming the "signing" business is not enforced at kernel-level, only by the graphical desktop environment's application launching mechanism.