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by saagarjha 2297 days ago
> Only software from the Mac App Store is required to use the traditional Sandbox

Nit: not every App Store app must be sandboxed.

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Err, are you sure about that? Excluding apps submitted prior to the sandboxing deadline (which was in 2012), App Store review guidelines [1] state:

> 2.4.5 Apps distributed via the Mac App Store have some additional requirements to keep in mind: (i) They must be appropriately sandboxed

[1] https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/

> Excluding apps submitted prior to the sandboxing deadline

I'm not.