Todd Templeton wrote:
This recent "we know better than you" attitude of Apple's is something I'm not a fan of. I've been using Macs since 1988 and I've yet to be attacked with anything. Except paranoia. Macs used to be the computer for the rest of us. Now it's starting to feel like the computer that I.T. lets us have access to.
Mostly I agree with your sentiments. It's just that things aren't always what they appear. Apple is under intense pressure from competitors and governments. They are using security exploits as tools to sell scam software, to sell non-Apple devices, and to reduce consumer confidence in Apple products. The barriers that Apple raises are meant to manage that scam industry. A side effect of the paranoia has led to people becoming absolutely addicted to updates. If you don't apply that update immediately, the North Koreans will hack your computer and put you to work on a 5 year plan. And no one wants that. 😄
All of these threads about Apple blocking software are part of that. On the Mac, Apple lets end users install and run literally anything. If you notice, all such threads will be full of replies with extremely bad ideas, instructing people to completely disable all system security. Funny how we're told that Apple's security is worthless, we must be on the very latest version to have any security. And yet, because Apple is trying to control us, we need to disable all of those security settings that we just updated.
