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this post was submitted on 16 Apr 2026
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You can absolutely install whatever the fuck you want on your Mac, including another OS. iOS is much more restrictive however, if you want to install a self-made app, you have to reinstall it every week or pay Apple 100 bucks a year...
macOS just makes you jump through a hoop every time you run an application that’s not notarized.
In practice that means cross platform open source projects don’t want to pay money to join apple’s developer program and set up code singing and deal with certificates.
So after download an unsigned app, macOS refuses to start it until you go to system settings > security > and allow.
You have to do this again after every update.
It’s very annoying and does very little for security.
Indeed, that really is awful. Good luck sending that ~~so~~ to your friends without making it public in app store.
I’m a Mac user and agree and know that that’s the case. But you’re taking this too seriously. It a joke that a little bit makes fun of Mac but a lot makes fun of windows.
I think its important to point out, a ton of people on here believe that it’s true.
Fair enough. My experience has been that the people you describe are most often dogmatically anti-Apple to begin with, and likely won’t care/listen.
Also very true.
Yeah I guess but this is also me just venting about iOS distribution because I'm having to deal with it hehe
i’m running xattr -c all day every day to get my foss goodness running
I dont see this lasting much longer, tbh
It’s necessary because people develop software with Macs.