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by xoa 1769 days ago
>Does anybody know if this policy will extend to macOS too?

I don't see how it could be in the same way, or at least it only could be on brand new ARM Macs right? The thing is that at least on Intel Macs Apple simply doesn't control the whole stack. I mean, obviously, while more effort it's perfectly possible to get x86 macOS running virtualized or directly on non-Apple hardware entirely. So any shenanigans they try to pull there can get subverted or outright patched out. Without the whole hardware trust chain and heavy lock down like they have on iOS this sort of effort, even if attempted, becomes less threatening. I guess we'll see what they go for though :(. They could certainly make it pretty nasty anyway so as much as anything it's more of a forlorn hope they'll mainly focus on low hanging fruit.