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by bethekidyouwant 4 hours ago
What “apps” do you use on a mac?
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VertanaNinjai 3 hours ago
Probably a ton since macOS apps are literally distributed as .app bundles.
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winstonwinston 3 hours ago
Though there is a difference what store apps and non-store apps can do. I think is about store apps which are “sandboxed” and have to use public api to request then access information which non-store apps can access without.
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internet2000 3 hours ago
Google Chrome, VS Code, among others
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bethekidyouwant 2 hours ago
Well “they” can technically “read” anything your user can.
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iancarroll 2 hours ago
Apps installed via the MAS have sandboxing applied to them, so this isn't really true.
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winstonwinston 2 hours ago
Yes but chrome is not from MAS. I have none MAS apps installed because they are simply not available via MAS.
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