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On Mac: there's a setting in System Preferences->Security & Privacy that allows you to install and run apps from "Anywhere".

It's a walled garden, but the walls aren't as tall on the desktop OS. Yet.




And it's also worth noting that the default option, "Mac App Store and identified developers" allows you to run apps from anywhere by right-clicking them and choosing "Open".




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