This doesn't hold water considering Apple doesn't let you run apps installed outside the Mac App Store without going into System Preferences and manually enabli

This doesn't hold water considering Apple doesn't let you run apps installed outside the Mac App Store without going into System Preferences and manually enabling it for every single non-Store app. This is more likely the decision of a product team that needed to measure engagement on a new 'feature' and set it on by default to pick up data right away.