[lukifer]

I draw the line here too. I accept the control tradeoff on iOS because I view them as appliances, not computers, and there are upsides to the curated experience. But if I can't fully control my primary computing device, I'm out. (I'd be okay with the machine shipping in "grandma mode", so long as there's an official way to disable it completely.)

[gte910h]

Huh? They're just talking about selling things in the Appstore.

They're not stopping people who don't distribute this way.

[lukifer]

For now. We're talking about a hypothetical future under 10.8+. I don't expect it to change, but neither would it surprise me much.

[jayfuerstenberg]

Your opinion is valid. There is one way to disable it as these rules still only apply to apps sold via the MAS.

Anybody can release software outside of it and just forget about Apple's rules.

[pyre]

I think the fear is that Apple will decide that the MacAppStore is the only way to install software on OSX.

[droithomme]

Not just a fear, but a reasonable conclusion. Obviously sandboxing won't be effective for third party software unless 100% of all third party software is enforced to use sandboxing and won't run without it. It's pretty much an inevitable conclusion that that is coming because the system doesn't work unless you go all or nothing.

[pyre]

Wait until you void your AppleCare if you disable 'grandma mode.' Or until any third party decides that they will only support Macs in 'grandma mode.'