Comment on Apple introduces Macbook Neo - cheaper Macbooks starting at $599
sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 week agoThe reason I ask is because I tried to install something on Mac OS the other day, and it made me jump through a lot of hoops to install something not approved by Apple. And in the end, I wasn’t able to just blanket allow software from untrusted sources. I had to click a button each time. So it seems like there’s nothing stopping Apple from just removing your ability to press that button in the future.
brainwashed@feddit.org 1 week ago
I install tons of software with homebrew and nix every day. Yes, sometimes you need to allow a new version explicitly. Also yes, Apple could probably disallow that globally, but that would be a big change for something they allowed for 50 years.
sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 week ago
Seems like they’re getting closer every year though
brainwashed@feddit.org 1 week ago
They have not changed anything in forever. Even the boot loader is unlocked.
sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 week ago
Here are some of the changes making it more difficult to install arbitrary software in the name of security:
https://www.computerworld.com/article/3483921/macs-are-becoming-more-locked-down.html