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Maybe you're overinterpreting the parent commenter, who makes a valid point. I read it as: This reminds us of our (increasing?) dependence on systems operated b
by ANH 13y ago
Maybe you're overinterpreting the parent commenter, who makes a valid point. I read it as: This reminds us of our (increasing?) dependence on systems operated by opaque and fragile entities that, on top of it all, may have goals at odds with our own.
- aaronbrethorst 13y agoIn 1993, you were almost certainly going to have to pay money to write software on or for Mac OS. In 2013, you most certainly do not have to pay money on or for Mac OS X. Xcode is free-as-in-beer. You can install this if you want to avoid Apple's tooling: https://github.com/kennethreitz/osx-gcc-installer https://github.com/kennethreitz/osx-gcc-installer Ruby, Python, Perl and other interpreters come standard with OS X. As does a terminal. Things are better, not worse.
- eurleif 13y ago>In 2013, you most certainly do not have to pay money on or for Mac OS X. You have to join the Apple Developer Program, which costs $99/year, in order to distribute software that will run on OS X with default Gatekeeper settings. The registration for that program is currently down.
- aaronbrethorst 13y agoWhich is Apple's prerogative. I can't speak for the average user, but given the number of times that, say, Transmission has been downloaded solely through MacUpdate and CNET (1.5mm), it seems pretty clear that many users know how to turn Gatekeeper off.
- plorkyeran 13y agoRunning unsigned apps on 10.8 requires doing one of three things: 1. Using a browser other than Safari 2. Holding Option while opening the dmg 3. Changing the Gatekeeper settings In practice #1 means that many people never even notice Gatekeeper.
- lucian1900 13y agoI use Chrome and I still have to bypass Gatekeeper when opening some apps for the first time.