The Mac App Store scares me.
People are saying "If you don't want to deal with sandboxing, just don't publish on the Mac App Store, publish via the internet just like we always have.". But, what happens when, in a few years, the average mac user is trained to think that the Mac App Store is the only place they can get new apps? That effectively removes the "publish on the internet" option if you want your software to actually be used. This app store trend is getting more scary by the day.
Apple pushes back sandboxing deadline as devs struggle with tradeoffs
Apple has given developers a few extra months to move their apps to use Lion's new sandboxing functionality. Beginning March 1: no sandbox, no Mac App Store. And although there are security upsides, t...
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What is sandboxing?
Yeah, I actually disabled the App Store shortly after installing Snow Leopard (or whenever it appeared on my macs). What scares me is the day Apple says that the only way to install apps on a Mac is through the App Store.. Then I'll be back on Linux 100%.
+Donald Page this is a good overview:
http://lacquer.fi/pauli/blog/2011/11/why-the-mac-app-sandbox-makes-me-sad/
that seems a bit counter productive. not for apple but for everyone else. I get it now