I disagree. Before Gatekeeper there was no way to define a policy about what code could run, now with Gatekeeper there is. Currently, Apple define a default pol

I disagree. Before Gatekeeper there was no way to define a policy about what code could run, now with Gatekeeper there is. Currently, Apple define a default policy. Users can edit this themselves if they acknowledge the risks. Admins of Macs can also set their own policies. The ability to have policies is very different from enforcing overly strong policies. Apple seems quite clear that they see iOS as being a platform with a stronger policy, and macOS as being a platform with at least the ability to run a weaker policy. Edit: also Xcode Cloud isn't what you imply it is/could be, and Apple's moves with Swift being developed in the open suggest to me a very different direction for development. I can't see this ever being locked down, either in terms of technology or policy.