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2020-08-18, 10:44

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Originally Posted by PB PM View Post
Somehow we survived all the evil security issues on the Mac platform for, what 40+ years without being locked to an App Store. Let’s be real, it has nothing to do with security, it’s about control and profits for Apple.
A lot of those 40 years had a very different distribution model that people don't want to get back to.

While Apple is being quite disingenuous by pretending we went straight from brick-and-mortar to the App Store, downloading software from the Web was something the masses always looked at with suspicion. Just ask a Windows user how they feel about installing something.
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