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Usually applications distributed outside the app store would simply not work (or be limited to close to useless) if sandboxed. I disagree. Sure, there are some

Usually applications distributed outside the app store would simply not work (or be limited to close to useless) if sandboxed. I disagree. Sure, there are some applications that need to be distributed outside the App Store because they need additional privileges (like DaisyDisk), but there are many applications that are distributed outside the app store that could be sandboxed. Just to give some examples, why do Discord, Signal, Obsidian, Dash, or 1Password have unsandboxed processes? (1Password was in the App Store and sandboxed before it became an Electron app.)

nottorp 3y ago
Well we can't blame Electron for this, as much as I'd like to, since there are Electron apps in the app store. Discord asks for the accessibility option to read system wide keystrokes for push to talk. Can sandboxed apps do that? Also, no matter how secure the app store is, i'd very much like to be able to install applications without -ing Apple's permission. So having something available in the app store doesn't give me a warm fuzzy feeling.
- saagarjha 3y ago
  > Discord asks for the accessibility option to read system wide keystrokes for push to talk. Can sandboxed apps do that? You can register a shortcut in the sandbox, you cannot read system-wide keystrokes from the sandbox.