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What about all those libs and executables you likely install via brew, npm, cargo etc? Those are all applications
by 1596025359 2y ago
What about all those libs and executables you likely install via brew, npm, cargo etc? Those are all applications
- spacedcowboy 2y agoAnd, despite being an avid homebrew user, I've never had a problem there.
- ddingus 2y agoAll of us having this discussion are outliers. The things we talk about here which annoy us are for the much larger set of people who need them! Put another way, it is all about the set of us who cannot really participate in this discussion.
- sealeck 2y agoSure – Apple are trying to stop people who don't know what they're doing from getting hurt. Hence the strong scrutiny on what is allowed on the App Store (whether it's reasonable to charge 30% of revenue is an entirely different question). People who are installing things using a terminal are probably (a) slightly computer savvy and (b) therefore aware that this might not be a totally safe operation.