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jdminhbg on Feb 18, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Making macOS Apps Uninstallable

> That's also Apple's fault isn't it?

Sure, but if they locked things down the way you’re proposing, people would absolutely lose their minds about the iOSification of macOS.

AbusiveHNAdmin on Feb 18, 2023 [–]

supporting uninstallation ≠ locking down

jdminhbg on Feb 18, 2023 | [–]

Supporting uninstallation by restricting applications to a sandbox that can be cleaned up == locking down

AbusiveHNAdmin on Feb 19, 2023 | | [–]

Yep.

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