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You should thank those people. They made enough noise to prevent what was and is surely apple's long term plan.
by fartcannon 4y ago
You should thank those people. They made enough noise to prevent what was and is surely apple's long term plan.
- scarface74 4y agoYes that long term plan hasn’t happen in a decade since people were predicting it with the introduction of the Mac App Store in 2011. Any day now…
- GekkePrutser 4y agoStill, it kinda is. You really have to go out of your way now to have full access to modify system files and even then you're not able to do just anything you want. Think of installing another OS on the SSD on Intel Macs with T2 chip, or choosing which iOS apps you want to run on M1.
- scarface74 4y agoSo you have to be purposeful and know what you’re doing to potentially corrupt your Mac…the horror. Have you ever thought by making it hard for you to corrupt your Mac it also makes it hard for malware? Apple fully supports installing Windows on x86 Macs and there are plenty of guides on installing Linux on x86 and Mx Macs.
- kergonath 4y agoThat logic is a bit circular, though, and not very convincing. Apple is known for being opinionated and stubborn about their long-term goals. If they really wanted to lock down MacOS, they’d just have done it, developers be damned.
- fartcannon 4y agoOr, that's just part of their sales pitch. You know, like how politicians dont like to be seen as wishy washy, its very likely Apple responds to public opinion just as much as anyone else.
- scarface74 4y agoApple made no further moves to “lock down” iOS to force people to use the App Store after 2006. If Apple listened to public opinion, the iOS App Store wouldn’t be the shit show it is today.