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Part of it is security, part of it is lock-in. Either way, it’s excessive. It contributes to entropy more than security.
by BearOso 6y ago
Part of it is security, part of it is lock-in. Either way, it’s excessive. It contributes to entropy more than security.
- zepto 6y agoPeople keep saying it is lock-in without any justification. Notice that these things can all be disabled. Lock in really has nothing to do with things like SIP. It has to do with things like platform differentiation. I.e. software and device support for which there is no good alternative.
- BearOso 6y agoIt feels like lock-in to me. It keeps getting more difficult to develop for Mac, which I think will kill the free software scene for it. Honestly, it's almost like Windows programming in the late '90s. You had only one real option, Visual C++, and you either paid out the ear for it or pirated it. That restrictive approach doesn't work, and Microsoft learned that. You can't make developers pay to make your platform worthwhile. Rudimentary dev tools like xcode are not added value worth $100/yr and 30% of your profit. Other platforms provide better tools and more flexibility for free. People will wise up eventually, and I think that's already happening. Sorry for getting off-topic. I used to be a fan of OS X, but I'm really disappointed in the direction they took things.