By: Maynard Handley (name99.delete@this.name99.org), June 22, 2020 7:39 pm
Room: Moderated Discussions
Doug S (foo.delete@this.bar.bar) on June 22, 2020 6:22 pm wrote:
> anon (no.delete@this.thank.you) on June 22, 2020 5:55 pm wrote:
> > Just curious, but is there any indication that MacOS may become
> > a walled garden, like iOS, after the Mac switch to ARM?
> > I mean all applications coming only from the Apple Store.
>
>
> People have been suggesting this but it makes no sense to me. Apple doesn't need to switch
> to ARM to lock down their OS so it only runs applications installed from their store, they
> could have done that anytime in the past decade with x86 Macs. So why would switching to
> ARM cause them to make such a change when they could have done it at any time?
Apple keeps telling you this isn't going to happen. They did so multiple times in both the keynotes today.
Are you going to listen to them (and the people like me who keep explaining why this would make no sense)? Or would you prefer to engage in conspiracy theory and ranting against the man?
> anon (no.delete@this.thank.you) on June 22, 2020 5:55 pm wrote:
> > Just curious, but is there any indication that MacOS may become
> > a walled garden, like iOS, after the Mac switch to ARM?
> > I mean all applications coming only from the Apple Store.
>
>
> People have been suggesting this but it makes no sense to me. Apple doesn't need to switch
> to ARM to lock down their OS so it only runs applications installed from their store, they
> could have done that anytime in the past decade with x86 Macs. So why would switching to
> ARM cause them to make such a change when they could have done it at any time?
Apple keeps telling you this isn't going to happen. They did so multiple times in both the keynotes today.
Are you going to listen to them (and the people like me who keep explaining why this would make no sense)? Or would you prefer to engage in conspiracy theory and ranting against the man?