The headline is fairly misleading, and the article sloppily mixes actual fact with predictions stated as fact. The reality: 10.8 by default only runs apps whic

The headline is fairly misleading, and the article sloppily mixes actual fact with predictions stated as fact. The reality: 10.8 by default only runs apps which were either downloaded from the App Store, with the iOS-style sandboxing that will require, or signed with Apple's new GateKeeper service, and otherwise a traditional Mac app. Those who condemn this as a flagrant loss of freedom are lost in the philosophical weeds. The conventional wisdom before the iPhone was that native apps were all but dead anyway, and the browser was the future. The iPhone's App Store and attendant restrictions singlehandedly revived the concept of consumers installing software. Meanwhile, the Mac is gaining enough market share that it's now clearly a target for malware. Code signing is about as open as you can get while still tamping down nasty code (and let me stress again that GateKeeper is way more freeform than anything on iOS). If there are alternate solutions to these issues, it would be fascinating to hear them. Otherwise, well, it's easy to criticize from the bleachers.