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SIP/sandboxing is quite terrible for developers in many ways too - this is why we don’t see the kind of great apps we used to have on the Mac platform anymore.
by lupinglade 6y ago
SIP/sandboxing is quite terrible for developers in many ways too - this is why we don’t see the kind of great apps we used to have on the Mac platform anymore. All of these security features and artificial limitations effectively dumb down just about all applications and make many more unfeasible.
- Philadelphia 6y agoWe made the same argument about system extensions in the MacOS 9 days. The trend has long been towards stability and security over access and customization.
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- _qulr 6y agoThis seems like kind of a strange telling of history. Were extensions ever abolished in OS 9? Mac OS X was an open platform for its first 10 years. It only started to get locked down in 2011 and 2012 with the Mac App Store and Gatekeeper.
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