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by microtonal 3952 days ago
Yet.

And we have heard this for how long already? Doing so would basically be suicide for the Mac. First of all because a sizeable chunk of users are technical users. Secondly, a lot of software is not available in the Mac App store and likely will never be (I think Microsoft and Adobe would rather abandon OS X than giving 30% for each cloud subscription to Apple and being at the mercy of the MAS gatekeepers).
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tempodox 3951 days ago
As to your question of “how long already”, I found a blog post (not mine) from 2000 A.D. that considers “The Future of Apple's Curated Computing”:

http://widgetsandshit.com/teddziuba/2010/05/the-future-of-ap...

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teacup50 3951 days ago
Every single release, Apple tightens the restrictions and grandfathers in the existing things people use.

It's not "yet" -- it's now, with each release, and getting worse each time.

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s73v3r 3951 days ago
No, it isn't. Not even close.
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